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brush

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they brush
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he / she / it brushes
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past simple brushed
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past participle brushed
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-ing form brushing
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [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梳理你的头发/牙齿
    • 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • quickly
    • slowly
    • …
    preposition
    • at
    phrases
    • brush something clean
    See full entry
  2.  
     [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.他掏出一条手帕擦去了眼泪。
    • Gail brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes.盖尔从她的眼睛上刷了一根头发。
    • 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。
    Extra Examples
    • He brushed the mud from his coat.他从外套上刷了一下泥。
    • 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.她把眼睛上的头发梳了一下。
    • I brushed the crumbs off the table.我把碎屑从桌子上刷了下来。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • quickly
    • slowly
    • …
    preposition
    • at
    phrases
    • brush something clean
    See full entry
  3. [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。🔊🔊
  4. [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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • lightly
    • softly
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • by
    • past
    • …
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    5. Word Originverb Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’.

brush

noun
 
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Idioms
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  1.  
     [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
    Extra Examples
    • 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • 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
    • …
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  2. [singular] an act of brushing刷
    • to give your teeth a good brush好好刷一刷牙
  3. [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
  4. [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
  5. [uncountable] land covered by small trees or bushes灌木丛
    • a brush fire灌木丛火
    Topics Geographyc2
  6. [countable] the tail of a fox狐狸尾巴
    7. Word Originnoun 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)
  1. 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
  1. (British English, informal) very silly傻得很；愚蠢透顶
paint something with a broad brush
  1. to describe something in a general way, ignoring the details大致地描述