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🔑brushbrush1 /brʌʃ / noun - [countable] an object that is used for cleaning things, painting, arranging your hair, etc.刷子；梳子；画笔；扫帚◆I scrubbed the kitchen floor with a brush.我用刷子刷洗厨房的地板。◆a toothbrush牙刷◆a paintbrush画笔◆a hairbrush发刷
- [singular] an act of sweeping, cleaning, etc. with a brush or with your hand扫；刷；梳◆Give your coat a quick brush.快速刷一下你的大衣。
- [uncountable] a thick covering of bushes and small trees; land that is covered in bushes and small trees灌木丛；灌木地带◆brush fires灌木丛火
 ●a brush with sthan unexpected and often unpleasant meeting or association with something出乎意外的遭遇；不好的联系◆a brush with death与死神擦肩而过◆This isn't Jill's first brush with the law – she's been arrested before.这不是吉尔第一次触犯法律，她以前就被捕过。
🔑brushbrush2 /brʌʃ / verb - [transitive] to clean, sweep, etc. with a brush刷；扫；梳◆Make sure you brush your teeth twice a day.一定要每天刷两次牙。◆She was brushing her hair in front of a mirror.她在镜子前梳头发。
- [intransitive, transitive] to touch someone or something lightly when passing轻轻擦过；掠过◆Her hand brushed his cheek.她用手轻抚了一下他的面颊。◆Leaves brushed against the car as we drove along the narrow road.我们沿着狭窄的道路往前开的时候，树叶轻轻擦着车身。
 ●brush sb / sth aside- to refuse to pay attention to someone or something不理会；置之不理◆She brushed aside the protests and continued with the meeting.她对抗议置之不理，继续开会。
- to get past someone or something推开；从…旁边挤过去◆He hurried along, brushing aside the reporters who tried to stop him.他推开试图截住他的几名记者，急匆匆往前走。
●brush sth away●brush sth off (sth)to remove something with a brush or with the hand, as if using a brush（用刷子或手）拂，掸，擦掉◆I brushed the dust off my jacket.我掸掉夹克衫上的灰尘。●brush sth up / brush up on sthto study or practice something in order to get back knowledge or skill that you had before and have lost重温（生疏了的知识或技能）◆She took a course to brush up (on) her Spanish.她修读了一个课程来重温西班牙语。 |
