英汉词典

brush 基本解释

• n. 刷子；画笔；毛笔；争吵；与某人有效冲突；灌木丛地带；矮树丛；狐狸尾巴
• vt. 刷；画；
• vi. 刷；擦过；掠过；（经过时）轻触

brush 词态变化

brush 中文词源

词源同bristle, 刺毛，broom, 金雀花，扫帚。指用灌木枝扎的刷子。

brush 英文词源

brush

brush: [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse, the Anglo-Norman version of Old French broce, which goes back to an unrecorded Vulgar Latin *bruscia. Brush for sweeping, on the other hand, comes from Old French broisse or brosse.

It is tempting to conclude that this is a variant of Old French broce, particularly in view of the plausible semantic link that brushwood (cut twigs, etc) bundled together and tied to a handle makes a serviceable brush (that is how broom came to mean ‘brush’). The verb brush ‘move fast or heedlessly’ comes from Old French brosser ‘dash through undergrowth’, a derivative of broce; its frequent modern connotation of ‘touching in passing’ comes from the other brush.

brush (v.1)

late 15c., "to clean or rub (clothing) with a brush," also (mid-15c.) "to beat with a brush," from brush (n.1). Related: Brushed; brushing. To brush off someone or something, "rebuff, dismiss," is from 1941.

brush (n.1)

"dust-sweeper, a brush for sweeping," late 14c., also, c. 1400, "brushwood, brushes;" from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse) "a brush" (13c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscia "a bunch of new shoots" (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz "underbrush."

brush (n.2)

"shrubbery," early 14c., from Anglo-French bruce "brushwood," Old North French broche, Old French broce "bush, thicket, undergrowth" (12c., Modern French brosse), from Gallo-Roman *brocia, perhaps from *brucus "heather," or possibly from the same source as brush (n.1).

brush (v.2)

"move briskly" especially past or against something or someone, 1670s, from earlier sense (c. 1400) "to hasten, rush," probably from brush (n.2), on the notion of a horse, etc., passing through dense undergrowth (compare Old French brosser "travel (through woods)," and Middle English noun brush "charge, onslaught, encounter," mid-14c.), but brush (n.1) probably has contributed something to it as well. Related: Brushed; brushing.

brush 词组搭配

brush 英文释义

1. a dense growth of bushes

2. an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

3. momentary contact

4. conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

5. a minor short-term fight

6. the act of brushing your teeth;

"the dentist recommended two brushes a day"

7. the act of brushing your hair;

"he gave his hair a quick brush"

8. contact with something dangerous or undesirable;

"I had a brush with danger on my way to work"

"he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"

brush 双语例句

1. I rounded a bend where the trees and brush grew thickly.

我绕过一个林木茂盛的弯。

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2. When it's dry, brush the hair using a soft, nylon baby brush.

当头发干后，用柔软的婴儿用尼龙发刷梳理头发。

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3. Brush your teeth after each meal and floss daily.

餐后要刷牙，而且每天要使用牙线清洁牙缝。

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4. 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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5. I ran the brush through my hair and dashed out.

我用刷子刷了一下头发，冲了出去。

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brush 实用场景例句

a paintbrush

画笔

牛津词典

a hairbrush

发刷

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a toothbrush

牙刷

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brush strokes (= the marks left by a brush when painting)

画笔的笔触

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a dustpan and brush

簸箕和刷子

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Apply the paint with a fine brush.

用细画笔涂颜料。

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to give your teeth a good brush

好好刷一刷牙

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the brush of his lips on her cheek

他的嘴唇在她脸上的轻轻一碰

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She had a nasty brush with her boss this morning.

她今天早晨和老板闹得挺别扭的。

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In his job he's had frequent brushes with death.

他在工作中常常与死神擦肩而过。

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a brush with the law

轻微的触犯法律

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a brush fire

灌木丛火

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to brush your hair/teeth/shoes

刷头发 / 牙 / 鞋

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We gave him paint and brushes...

我们给了他油漆和几把刷子。

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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。

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Have you brushed your teeth?...

你刷牙了吗？

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She brushed the powder out of her hair...

她把头发上的粉末刷掉了。

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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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He brushed his hair back with both hands...

他用两手把头发往后捋。

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

谈到他时，她拭去了脸上的泪水。

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Something brushed against her leg...

有什么东西扫了一下她的腿。

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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。

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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。

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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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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。

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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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...the trauma of a brush with death...

和死神擦肩而过的心灵创伤

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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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...the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres.

焚毁了近500亩灌木丛的大火

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...a meadow of low brush and grass.

长有低矮灌木和草的牧场

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