brush

[brʌʃ]

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

n.[C]

1. (常构成复合词)刷, 刷子

2. 毛笔, 画笔

I paint with a brush.

我用画笔作画。

3. 刷状物

4. 一刷, 一拂, 一抹

5. 小接触, 小摩擦, 小争吵[(+with)]

I had a brush with the customs men.

我与海关官员发生了一场小冲突。

6. (画家或作家的)笔法

7. 狐狸尾巴

vt.

1. 刷; (用毛笔)写; (用画笔)画

I'm going to brush my teeth.

我要去刷牙了。

2. 擦掉, 拂去, 推开[O]

The maid brushed the crumbs from the table.

女佣拂去桌上的面包屑。

3. 擦过, 掠过

vi.

1. 刷, 拂[(+at)]

2. 刷牙, 梳头发

3. 擦过, 掠过[(+past/by/through)]

The wind blew lightly, brushing through her hair.

微风轻轻吹过她的头发。

4. 轻触, 擦到[(+against)]

词形变化

形容词: brushy | 名词: brusher | 动词过去式: brushed | 动词过去分词: brushed | 动词现在分词: brushing | 动词第三人称单数: brushes |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.擦掉, 拂去

clean  rub  remove  wipe  

同义参见:

comb  broom  skirmish  whisk  touch  graze  sweep  fray  comb  skim  shave  scrape  

英英释义

名词 brush:

a dense growth of bushes

同义词：brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket

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

momentary contact

同义词：light touch

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

a minor short-term fight

同义词：clash, encounter, skirmish

the act of brushing your teeth

同义词：brushing

the act of brushing your hair

同义词：brushing

contact with something dangerous or undesirable

动词 brush:

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

touch lightly and briefly

clean with a brush

sweep across or over

同义词：sweep

remove with or as if with a brush

cover by brushing

短语词组

brush aside

1. 漠视

He brushed opposition aside.

他无视反对意见。

brush off

1. 被刷掉, 置之不理

He brushed off all our suggestions.

他拒不采纳我们的建议。

brush up

1. 刷拭(衣物), 温习(语言)

He needs to brush up his English before he goes to the U.S.

他去美国之前必须先温习他的英文。

补充

brushbrush英:[brʌʃ] 美:[brʌʃ]n.1.刷子; 画笔; 毛笔This is not my writing brush.这不是我的画笔。He sells brushes.他卖刷子。2.擦, 吹拂; 刷I'll have to give my shoes a brush.我必须把我的鞋擦一下。She ran a brush over her hair again and again.她把头发梳了又梳。3.小冲突, 小争执, 小摩擦There was a brush between patrols that night.那天夜里巡逻队之间发生了一场冲突。He had a brush with the customs men.他和海关人员发生了小冲突。vt. & vi.1.擦; 刷Brush after each meal.饭后刷牙。She likes to brush her hair.她喜欢梳头发。He's brushing the chair clean.他正把椅子刷洗干净。2.轻触, 掠过The bicycle just brushed me as it passed.那辆自行车与我擦身而过。

例句

1. a photo of Picasso with a brush in his hand一张毕加索手持画笔的照片 2. I gave it a quick brush with my hair brush.我用梳子迅速地把它梳理了一下。 3. My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago.我第一次顶撞校长是在6年前。 4. The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.该公司正在竭力度过其第二次破产危机。 5. the trauma of a brush with death与死神擦肩而过带来的创伤 6. the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres毁林近500英亩的灌丛火灾 7. Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter.取一张薄酥面皮, 刷上化好的黄油。 8. Using a small brush, he brushed away the fine sawdust.他用一把小刷子把细小锯屑扫去。 9. She brushed away tears as she spoke of him.当说到他时, 她抹去了泪水。 10. She brushed the powder out of her hair.她掸掉了头发上的粉末。 11. I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder.我感觉到她深褐色的秀发拂过我的肩膀。 12. She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael's cheek.她跪下身来, 双唇轻柔地滑过迈克尔的脸颊。 13. He brushed by with a perfunctory wave to the crowd.他随意地对人群招了招手就匆匆走过。 14. Something brushed against her leg.有什么东西从她腿上擦过。 15. She laughed, and brushed past me out of the room.她笑了起来, 接着从我身旁擦过出了房间。 16. He brushed his coat clean.他把自己的大衣刷干净。 17. brush your teeth two times a day.每天刷牙两次。 18. The spider web brushed my forehead.蜘蛛网轻拂我的前额。 19. Her hand brushed a speck of lint from her skirt.她的手掸掉衣裙上的一点棉花絮。 20. Her lips brushed his nose.她的嘴唇轻触了他的鼻子。 21. The plane just brushed the surface of the sea.飞机刚好掠过海面。 22. He brushed his way through the crowd.他从人群中挤了过去。 23. She was brushing at her coat.她正在刷外衣。 24. He brushed against the desk.他触到了那张书桌。 25. He brushed by us.他从我们旁边擦身而过。 26. The light wind gently brushed through my check.微风轻拂着我的脸颊。 27. a shaving brush.修面刷。 28. he gave the seat a brush.他把座位掸了掸。 29. the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek.他在她的面颊上轻柔地吻了一下。 30. a brush with death.与死神擦肩而过。 31. ‘Beer first, brush later.’.“先喝啤酒，再玩女人”。 32. we'll be able to brush the mud off easily.我们将很容易就能把泥巴擦掉。 33. he brushed himself down.他把自己身上的灰尘拍干净。 34. she brushed down her best coat.她把自己最好的那件外套刷了刷。 35. brush the potatoes with oil.把油涂在土豆上。 36. a coat of French polish was brushed over the repair.在修补过的地方涂了一层法国上光漆。 37. stems of grass brush against her legs.草秆儿轻轻地碰触着她的腿。 38. she brushed past him to leave the room.离开房间时她轻轻地碰了他一下。 39. she brushed a wisp of hair away from her face.她把垂在脸上的一绺头发拂开。 40. he brushed aside attacks on his policies.他不理会对他的政策的攻击。 41. the president brushed off a reporter's question about terrorism.总统对一名记者关于恐怖主义的提问置之不理。 42. a brushless motor.不带电刷的发动机。 43. brush up on your telephone skills.温习一下你给人打电话的技巧。 44. I took a brush and swept the snow from the path.我拿起扫帚把小径上的积雪扫走。 45. a toothbrush牙刷 46. a paintbrush画笔 47. a hairbrush发刷 48. The floor needs a brush.地板要扫一扫。 49. My only brush with the law was when I was stopped for speeding.我有一次超速驾车被拦住，我就有过这么一回轻微的犯法行为。 50. Her hand brushed his cheek.她的手碰到他的脸颊。 51. Leaves brushed against the car as we drove along the narrow road.我们沿着窄路驶去的时候，树叶轻擦着车身。 52. She brushed aside the protests and continued with the meeting.她对抗议置若罔闻，继续开会。 53. He hurried through the crowd, brushing aside the reporters who tried to stop him.他匆匆穿过人群，推开想要阻截他的记者。 54. I brushed the dust off my jacket.我把夹克上的灰尘撢掉。 55. She took a course to brush up her Spanish.她为了复习西班牙语，选读了一门课程。 56. Use a wire brush to get the rust off the metal.用钢丝刷除去金属上的锈。 57. I gave my daughter's hair a quick brush.我快速地梳了梳女儿的头发。 58. She wiped the crumbs off the table with a brush of her hand.她用手拂去了桌上的面包屑。 59. brush your teeth/hair刷牙；梳头 60. brush some butter onto the fish before cooking it.烧鱼之前，先在鱼身上抹些黄油。 61. brush the dirt off your pants.把裤子上的污物刷掉。 62. The camera showed him brushing [=wiping] away a tear.从摄像机里可以看到他在擦眼泪。 63. Leaves brushed my cheek.树叶拂过我的脸颊。 64. The two men brushed shoulders [=touched at the shoulders] as they walked past each other.这两人擦肩而过。 65. The governor brushed by/past the reporters.州长快步从这些记者身边走过。 66. He brushed aside [=brushed off] questions about his son's arrest.有关儿子被捕的问题他一概不加理会。 67. The company brushed off [=brushed aside] reports that it couldn't pay its bills.公司对有关其无力支付账单的报道不予评论。 68. "I asked him for some help, but he just brushed me off."我请他帮忙，但他毫不客气地拒绝了我。 69. My Spanish is very rusty. I need to brush up before I go on my vacation to Mexico.我的西班牙语很生疏了。在去墨西哥度假之前，我需要好好温习一下。 70. I need to brush up my Spanish.我需要好好温习一下西班牙语。 71. I need to brush up on my Spanish.我需要好好温习一下西班牙语。 72. As a teenager he had several brushes with the law. [=was in trouble with police several times]作为一个青少年，他已有过几次差点违法的行为。 73. She had a brush with [=briefly saw or met] a famous actor at a restaurant in New York.在纽约的一家餐馆，她和一位知名男演员有过一面之缘。 74. Her brush with fame/greatness came when she sang the national anthem at the football game.在那场橄榄球赛上唱国歌使她一时名声大震。 75. He had a brush with death [=he almost died] when climbing the mountain.登山时，他与死神擦肩而过。 76. a pile of brush一堆柴 77. a hillside covered with dense brush长满灌木丛的山坡 78. a lion hiding in the brush藏在树丛中的狮子