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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

brush

英  [brʌʃ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • brushes

    1. [C 可数名词] 画笔 , 刷子

    A brush is an object that has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for making your hair neat.

    双语例句

    例：

    We gave him paint and brushes.

    我们给了他颜料和画笔。

    例：

    Stains are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes.

    用一桶桶的肥皂水和擦洗的刷子把污渍除掉了。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 刷 , 梳理

    If you give something a brush you clean it or make it neat using a brush.

    双语例句

    例：

    I gave it a quick brush with my hairbrush.

    我用发刷对它进行了一番迅速的梳理。

    3. [C 可数名词] 擦肩而过

    If you have a brush with a particular situation, usually an unpleasant one, you almost experience it.

    近义词

    encounter

    双语例句

    例：

    the trauma of a brush with death.

    与死神擦肩而过后的精神创伤。

    4. [U 不可数名词] 灌木丛地带 , 灌木丛

    Brush is an area of rough open land covered with small bushes and trees. You also use brush to refer to the bushes and trees on this land.

    近义词

    bush

    双语例句

    例：

    the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres.

    烧毁了近五百英亩的灌木丛火灾。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • brush aside , brush away

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 对（主意、评论、感情）置之不理

    If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.

    近义词

    dismiss

    双语例句

    例：

    Perhaps you shouldn't brush the idea aside too hastily.

    或许你不该太草率地对那个想法置之不理。

  • brush off

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 不予理睬 , 冷落

    If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.

    双语例句

    例：

    When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off.

    我试图与她谈谈那件事，她就是不理我。

  • brush up , brush up on

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 温习 , 加强…知识

    If you brush up something or brush up on it, you practise it or improve your knowledge of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    I had hoped to brush up my Spanish.

    我曾希望巩固一下我的西班牙语。

    VERB. 动词

  • brushes , brushing , brushed

    1. [T 及物动词] 刷 , 梳理

    If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or make it neat using a brush.

    双语例句

    例：

    Have you brushed your teeth?

    你刷过牙了吗？

    例：

    She brushed the powder out of her hair.

    她把头发中的粉末梳掉。

    2. [T 及物动词] 用…涂刷

    If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush.

    双语例句

    例：

    Brush the dough with beaten egg yolk.

    在生面团上刷一层打好的蛋黄。

    3. [T 及物动词] （用手）拭 , 拂 , 擦

    If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands.

    双语例句

    例：

    He brushed his hair back with both hands.

    他用双手把头发轻轻地向后捋。

    例：

    She brushed away tears as she spoke of him.

    她在谈起他的时候轻轻拭去眼泪。

    4. [I 不及物动词] 轻轻擦过

    If one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another, the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Something brushed against her leg.

    有什么东西轻轻从她腿上擦过。

    例：

    I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder.

    我感觉到她深褐色的头发轻拂过我的肩。

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