beat the bushes

短语

词形变化

beaten the bushes beating the bushes beats the bushes 三单 beats the bushes beating the bushes 现在分词 beaten the bushes 过去式 beaten the bushes 过去分词

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).

    加拿大 美国 习语

    They started beating the bushes in search of a commercially available solvent that would aid their manufacturing but wouldn't be too horribly toxic and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

词源

Both beat the bushes and scare up have figurative senses, referring to traversing the landscape seeking difficult-to-find things, that arose by extension from their senses referring to driving game out of the bush when hunting.

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