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lush

adjective
🔊/lʌʃ/
🔊/lʌʃ/
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  1. (of plants, gardens, etc.植物、花园等) growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive; covered in healthy grass and plants茂盛的；茂密的；草木繁茂的 synonym luxuriant
    • lush vegetation茂盛的草木
    • the lush green countryside郁郁葱葱的乡村
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  2. beautiful and making you feel pleasure华丽舒适的；豪华的
    • The colours are lush, rich and warm.颜色郁郁葱葱，丰富而温暖。
  3. (informal) attractive or pleasant吸引人的；令人愉悦的
    • This shampoo smells lush.这洗发水味道真好闻。
    • OMG he's lush!天哪，他很郁郁葱葱！
    4. Word Originadjective late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of obsolete lash ‘soft, lax’, from Old French lasche ‘lax’, by association with luscious.

lush

noun
🔊/lʌʃ/
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(especially North American English, informal)
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  1. an alcoholic (= a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol and cannot stop drinking easily, so that it has become an illness)
    Word Originnoun late 18th cent.: perhaps a humorous use of lush ‘luscious’.