brush

verb

/brʌʃ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they brush	/brʌʃ/ /brʌʃ/
he / she / it brushes	/ˈbrʌʃɪz/ /ˈbrʌʃɪz/
past simple brushed	/brʌʃt/ /brʌʃt/
past participle brushed	/brʌʃt/ /brʌʃt/
-ing form brushing	/ˈbrʌʃɪŋ/ /ˈbrʌʃɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] to clean, polish or make something smooth with a brush（用刷子）刷净，刷亮，刷平顺
- brush something to brush your hair/teeth梳头/刷牙
- to brush your shoes擦鞋
- brush something + adj. A tiled floor is easy to brush clean.瓷砖地板容易打扫干净。
Topics Appearancea2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- quickly
- slowly
- …
preposition
- at
phrases
- brush something clean
[transitive, intransitive] to remove or try to remove something from a place or surface with a brush or with your hand（用刷子或手）拂，掸，擦掉
- brush something + adv./prep. He brushed the dirt off his jacket.他拂掉衣服上的灰尘。
- He pulled out a handkerchief and brushed away the tears.他掏出手帕擦去眼泪。
- Gail brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes.盖尔拂去了眼睛里的一缕头发。
- She brushed the fly away.她挥手赶走了苍蝇。
- brush + adv./prep. Lucille brushed at the blood on his jacket.露西尔刷着他夹克上的血迹。
- He brushed the mud from his coat.他刷掉了大衣上的泥。
- She brushed away her tears.她擦掉眼泪。
- Her hair was brushed back in a pony tail.她的头发梳在后面扎成一个马尾巴。
- She brushed her hair out of her eyes.她把头发从眼睛里梳了出来。
- I brushed the crumbs off the table.我刷掉了桌子上的面包屑。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- quickly
- slowly
- …
preposition
- at
phrases
- brush something clean
[transitive] to put something, for example oil, milk or egg, on something using a brush（用刷子）抹，涂
- brush A with B Brush the pastry with beaten egg.用刷子把打匀的鸡蛋抹在油酥面团上。
- brush B over, on, etc. A Brush beaten egg over the pastry.用刷子把打匀的鸡蛋抹在油酥面团上。
[intransitive, transitive] to touch somebody/something lightly while moving close to them/it轻擦，掠过（某人／某物）
- brush by/past somebody/something She brushed past him.她和他擦肩而过。
- brush against somebody/something His hand accidentally brushed against hers.他的手无意之中碰了一下她的手。
- brush something The leaves brushed her cheek.叶子轻拂着她的面颊。
- brush something with something He brushed her lips with his.他轻轻地吻了一下她的嘴唇。
- I hardly noticed the man who brushed past me in the corridor.我几乎没注意到走廊上和我擦身而过的那个人。
- She brushed by him and dashed up the stairs.她和他擦身而过，冲上楼去。
- She carefully avoided brushing against the man sitting beside her at the table.她小心翼翼，避免碰到坐在她身旁的男人。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- gently
- lightly
- softly
- …
preposition
- against
- by
- past
- …

词源verb Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’.

brush

noun

/brʌʃ/

Idioms

[countable] an object made of short stiff hairs (called bristles) or wires set in a block of wood or plastic, usually attached to a handle. Brushes are used for many different jobs, such as cleaning, painting and tidying your hair.刷子；毛刷；画笔
- a paintbrush画笔
- a hairbrush发刷
- a toothbrush牙刷
- brush strokes (= the marks left by a brush when painting)画笔的笔触
- a dustpan and brush簸箕和刷子
- Apply the paint with a fine brush.用细画笔涂颜料。
see also scrubbing brush
- Remove all the rust with a wire brush.用金属丝刷子刷掉所有的锈迹。
- Scrub the wood thoroughly with water and a stiff brush.用水和硬毛刷子彻底擦洗木头。
- She ran a brush through her hair.她用发刷把头发刷了一下。
- She took a can of paint and dipped her brush in it.她取出一罐油漆，将刷子在里面蘸了蘸。
- The artist has used tiny brush strokes.画家运用纤细的笔触作画。
Topics Houses and homesa2, Arta2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- stiff
- stiff-bristled
- fine
- …
verb + brush
- apply something with
- use
- wield
- …
brush + noun
- stroke
preposition
- with a/the brush
phrases
- a brush and comb
- a comb and brush
- a dustpan and brush
- …
[singular] an act of brushing刷
- to give your teeth a good brush好好刷一刷牙
[singular] a light touch made in passing something/somebody轻擦；掠过
- the brush of his lips on her cheek他的嘴唇在她脸上的轻轻一碰
[countable] brush with somebody/something a short unfriendly meeting with somebody; an occasion when you nearly experience something unpleasant小冲突；稍有不快的场合
- She had a nasty brush with her boss this morning.她今天早晨和老板闹得挺别扭的。
- In his job he's had frequent brushes with death.他在工作中常常与死神擦肩而过。
- a brush with the law轻微的触犯法律
[uncountable] land covered by small trees or bushes灌木丛
- a brush fire灌木丛火
Topics Geographyc2
[countable] the tail of a fox狐狸尾巴

词源noun senses 1 to 4 and noun sense 6 Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’. noun sense 5 Middle English: from Old French broce, perhaps based on Latin bruscum, denoting an excrescence on a maple.

Idioms

be tarred with the same brush (as somebody)

to be thought to have the same faults, etc. as somebody else被认为是一路货色；被看成一丘之貉

daft as a brush

(British English, informal) very silly傻得很；愚蠢透顶

paint something with a broad brush

to describe something in a general way, ignoring the details大致地描述