brush
n. 刷子, 毛笔, 争吵 vt. 刷 vi. 擦过, 掠过 [计] 电刷
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教材释义与例句
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
an object that you use for cleaning, painting, making your hair tidy etc, made with a lot of hairs, bristle s , or thin pieces of plastic, fastened to a handle
刷；画；
to clean something or make something smooth and tidy using a brush
刷；擦过；掠过；（经过时）轻触
释义与例句
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An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
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笔
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The act of brushing something.
可数 不可数She gave her hair a quick brush.
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A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
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A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
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Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
不可数 可数We broke away toward the north, the tribe howling on our track. Across the open spaces we gained, and in the brush they caught up with us, and more than once it was nip and tuck.
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A short, possibly recurrent encounter or experience.
可数 不可数brush with death
He has had brushes with communism from time to time.
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The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
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A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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A short contest, or trial, of speed.
古体 可数 不可数1860, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage (originally published in Cornhill Magazine Mark and Lord Lufton had been boys together, and his lordship knew that Mark in his heart would enjoy a brush across the country quite as well as he himself.
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An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
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An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
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A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学to download brushes for Photoshop
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In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
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The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
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Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
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To clean with a brush.
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洗喙
及物Brush your teeth.
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To untangle or arrange with a brush.
及物Brush your hair.
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To apply with a brush.
及物I am brushing the paint onto the walls.
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To remove with a sweeping motion.
及物She brushed the flour off my clothes.
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To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
及物/不及物Her scarf brushed his skin.
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To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
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词汇关系
同义词 8
上位词 10
下位词 10
部分词 5
整体词 2
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词源
From Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.
来源：wiktionary