Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense brushes, present participle brushing, past tense, past participle brushed
1N-COUNT 刷子;毛刷 A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair. 刷子;毛刷
We gave him paint and brushes.
我们给了他油漆和几把刷子。
Stains are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes.
污渍是用几桶肥皂水和几把硬毛刷除去的。
...a hair brush.
一把发梳
2VERB (用刷子)刷 If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush. (用刷子)刷
Have you brushed your teeth?. [VERB noun]
你刷牙了吗?
She brushed the powder out of her hair. [VERB noun prep.]
她把头发上的粉末刷掉了。
Using a small brush, he brushed away the fine sawdust. [VERB noun with adv.]
3VERB 用刷子在…上涂(或抹) If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush. 用刷子在…上涂(或抹)
Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter. [VERB noun + with]
取一张擀得很薄的油酥面皮,上面刷上一层熔化的牛油。
4VERB 拭;拂;擦 If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands. 拭;拂;擦
He brushed his hair back with both hands. [VERB noun with adv.]
他用两手把头发往后捋。
She brushed away tears as she spoke of him. [VERB noun with adv.]
谈到他时,她拭去了脸上的泪水。
He brushed the snow off the windshield. [VERB noun prep.]
他刮掉了挡风玻璃上的雪。
5V-ERG 擦过;掠过 If one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another, the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it. 擦过;掠过
Something brushed against her leg. [VERB prep.]
有什么东西扫了一下她的腿。
I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder. [VERB noun]
我感觉到她深褐色的头发拂过我的肩。
She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael's cheek. [VERB noun prep.]
6VERB (从…身边)擦过,掠过 If you brush past someone or brush by them, you almost touch them as you go past them. (从…身边)擦过,掠过 [written]
My father would burst into the kitchen, brushing past my mother. [VERB prep./adv.]
我父亲会紧贴着母亲擦身而过,冲进厨房。
He brushed by with a perfunctory wave to the crowd. [VERB prep./adv.]
他擦身而过,朝人群敷衍地挥了挥手。
7N-COUNT 小冲突;小争论;小摩擦 If you have a brush with someone, you have an argument or disagreement with them. You use brush when you want to make an argument or disagreement sound less serious than it really is. 小冲突;小争论;小摩擦 [vagueness]
My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago. [+ with]
我跟校长的第一次冲突发生在6年前。
It is his third brush with the law in less than a year. [+ with]
9N-UNCOUNT 灌木区;灌木丛Brush is an area of rough open land covered with small bushes and trees. You also use brush to refer to the bushes and trees on this land. 灌木区;灌木丛
...the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres.