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Brush   [V Ed N Past Hair Verb 动词

英语单词 brush
英美音标 英 [brʌʃ] 美 [brʌʃ]
中文释义 n.刷子;画笔;刷
n.灌木丛
n.小冲突;争吵
vt.刷;掠过;轻触;擦;掸
vi.轻擦;拂拭
英语例句 (1) He painted the wall with a brush.
(2) The painter swept a brush over his canvas.
(3) I'll give my coat a good brush.
(4) Let's burn off the rest of the brush.
(5) He had a brush with his neighbour.
(6) She has a nasty brush with her boss this morning.
(7) We should brush our teeth at least twice a day.
(8) The light wind gently brushed her cheek.
(9) She is scouring the floor with a brush.
(10) He brushed the dust off his clothes.
(11) Don't bother to move.I think I can just brush past.
(12) A cat brushed against her leg in the darkness.
中文例句 (1) 他用刷子涂墙。
(2) 画家的画笔在画布上飞掠。
(3) 我要把我的衣服好好刷一下。
(4) 让我们把剩下的灌木丛清除掉。
(5) 他和邻居发生了一点摩擦。
(6) 今天早晨她跟老板大吵了一顿。
(7) 我们每天应该至少刷两次牙。
(8) 微风轻拂着她的脸颊。
(9) 她正在用刷子擦地板。
(10) 他掸掉衣服上的灰尘。
(11) 不必麻烦动了,我想我能擦身挤过去。
(12) 黑暗中,一只猫蹭着了她的腿。
vocabulary简明 Use the noun brush when you want to refer to a quick, light touch. If you are comforting someone you don't know well, you can give their arm a quick brush to show sympathy.
vocabulary扩展 The noun brush can refer to a thick growth of scrub vegetation. You'll have to clear away the brush if you want to plant a garden there. As a verb, brush can mean to sweep, either literally or metaphorically. You can brush the dirt from the floor, but you can't just brush away your past misdeeds. The verb also means to touch lightly. If you are baking and you brush your hand across your cheek, chances are you'll leave a trail of flour there.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]刷子;毛刷 A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
  • We gave him paint and brushes...

    我们给了他油漆和几把刷子。

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

    污渍是用几桶肥皂水和几把硬毛刷除去的。

  • ...a hair brush.

    一把发梳

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[VERB 动词](用刷子)刷 If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush.
  [V n]
  [V n prep]
  [V n with adv]
  [a N]
  • Have you brushed your teeth?...

    你刷牙了吗?

  • She brushed the powder out of her hair...

    她把头发上的粉末刷掉了。

  • Using a small brush, he brushed away the fine sawdust.

    他用一把小刷子刷掉细锯末。

  • Brush is also a noun.
    • I gave it a quick brush with my hairbrush.

      我用我的梳子把它迅速梳了一下。

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[VERB 动词]用刷子在…上涂(或抹) If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush.
  [V n with n]
  • Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter.

    取一张擀得很薄的油酥面皮,上面刷上一层熔化的牛油。

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[VERB 动词]拭;拂;擦 If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands.
  [V n with adv]
  [V n prep]
  • He brushed his hair back with both hands...

    他用两手把头发往后捋。

  • She brushed away tears as she spoke of him...

    谈到他时,她拭去了脸上的泪水。

  • He brushed the snow off the windshield.

    他刮掉了挡风玻璃上的雪。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]擦过;掠过 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.
  [V prep]
  [V n]
  [V n prep]
  • Something brushed against her leg...

    有什么东西扫了一下她的腿。

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

    我感觉到她深褐色的头发拂过我的肩。

  • She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael's cheek.

    她跪了下来,轻吻迈克尔的脸颊。

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[VERB 动词](从…身边)擦过,掠过 If you brush past someone or brush by them, you almost touch them as you go past them.
  [V prep/adv]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • My father would burst into the kitchen, brushing past my mother...

    我父亲会紧贴着母亲擦身而过,冲进厨房。

  • He brushed by with a perfunctory wave to the crowd.

    他擦身而过,朝人群敷衍地挥了挥手。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]小冲突;小争论;小摩擦 If you have a brush with someone, you have an argument or disagreement with them. You use brush when you want to make an argument or disagreement sound less serious than it really is.
  [usu N with n]
  [vagueness]
  • My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago...

    我跟校长的第一次冲突发生在6年前。

  • It is his third brush with the law in less than a year.

    这已是他在不到一年的时间里第三次触犯法律了。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]触及;碰到;险些遭遇 If you have a brush with a particular situation, usually an unpleasant one, you almost experience it.
  [N with n]
  • ...the trauma of a brush with death...

    和死神擦肩而过的心灵创伤

  • The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.

    公司正在努力摆脱自身遭遇的第二次破产危机。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]灌木区;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.
  • ...the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres.

    焚毁了近500亩灌木丛的大火

  • ...a meadow of low brush and grass.

    长有低矮灌木和草的牧场

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See also:
broad-brush
nail brush
    11
    tarred with the same brush→see:
    tar
      相关词组:
      brush aside
      brush off
      brush up

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