brush

n. 刷子, 毛笔, 争吵
vt. 刷
vi. 擦过, 掠过
【计】 电刷
【医】 刷子
相关词组:
brush burn
brush sth away
brush sb off

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

brush

n.（名词）


A device consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, or painting.
刷子；画笔：把刚毛绑牢在一根手柄上，可作擦洗、上光或绘画之用
The act of using this device.
用刷子刷；用笔画：使用这种装置的行为
A light touch in passing; a graze.
轻触；轻拂
A bushy tail:
毛茸茸的尾巴：
例句：
the brush of a fox.
一只狐狸的毛茸茸的尾巴

A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
电刷：连接一个固定的导体和移动的导体，使电路通畅的滑动物体
A snub; a brushoff.
冷落；断然拒绝
v.（动词）
brushed,brush.ing,brush.es
v.tr.（及物动词）


To clean, polish, or groom with a brush.
用刷子清洗，擦亮，刷
To apply with or as if with motions of a brush.
用刷子涂抹
To remove with or as if with motions of a brush.
拭去，除去
To dismiss abruptly or curtly:
不客气地打发走，把…撇在一边：
例句：
brushed the matter aside; brushed an old friend off.
把事情搁在一边不予理睬；不理会老朋友

To touch lightly in passing; graze against.
经过时轻触；轻擦
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To use or apply a brush.
刷，拂拭
To move past something so as to touch it lightly.
擦过，掠过

<常用词组>brush up
To refresh one`s memory.
重温，再练
To renew a skill.
更新技术，改善
来源：
Middle English brusshe
中古英语 brusshe
from Old French brosse [brushwood, brush] * see brush 2
源自 古法语 brosse [灌木丛，灌木] *参见 brush2

【引伸】
brush.er
n.（名词）
brush.y
adj.（形容词）
<参考词汇><同义词>brush,flick,glance,graze,shave,skimThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make light and momentary contact with something in passing.:
这些动词共同的主要意义是：.经过时与物体轻微短暂地接触一下.：
例句：
her arm brushing mine;
她的胳膊轻轻地碰了一下我的胳膊；

例句：
flicked the paper with his finger;
用他的手指轻轻掸了一下纸；

例句：
an arrow that glanced off the tree;
掠过那棵树的箭；

例句：
a knife blade grazing the countertop;
轻轻擦着厨房里工作台面的刀刃；

例句：
a taxi that shaved the curb;
轻轻挨着路缘行驶的出租车；

例句：
an oar skimming the surface of the pond.
划过池塘水面的桨


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brush
brush 2

n.（名词）


A dense growth of bushes or shrubs.
灌木丛，小树丛
Land covered by such a growth.
丛林地带
Cut or broken branches.
砍下或断落的树枝

来源：
Middle English brusshe
中古英语 brusshe
from Old French brosse [brushwood]
源自 古法语 brosse [灌木丛]
from Vulgar Latin *bruscia
源自 俗拉丁语 *bruscia
perhaps from Latin bruscum [knot on a maple]
可能源自 拉丁语 bruscum [槭树上的节疤]

【引伸】
brush.y
adj.（形容词）

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brush
brush 3

n.（名词）
A brief, often hostile or alarming encounter:
小冲突：短暂，但通常带有敌意或警告性的接触：
例句：
a brush with the law; a brush with death.
轻微的犯法行为；触及死亡


来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from brushen [to hasten, rush]
源自 brushen [赶紧，冲]
probably from brusshe [brush] * see brush
可能源自 brusshe [小争吵] *参见 brush