brush词组,隐喻,短语

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brushbrush[brʌʃ],brush a'gainst/ 'by/ 'past sb/sth 1.■to touch sb/sth lightly when you move close to them/it擦…而过；轻轻擦过…:A cat brushed against his leg.一只猫蹭了他的腿。He brushed by/past me and ran out.他和我擦肩而过，跑了出去。[G]v+prep,brush sb/sth a'side 2.■to push sb/sth to one side把某人(或某物) 推到一边:She brushed a strand of hair aside.她把一缕头发抹到耳旁。3.■to refuse to listen to sb/sth or treat them/it as important不理会某人/某物；漠视:He brushed my protests aside and paid the bill.他不理会我的反对把账结了。Every time I try to explain, you brush me aside.每次我要解释，你都不理我。[synonym]wave sth aside/away;dismiss sb/sthsee also BRUSH SB OFF 1; BRUSH STH OFF 2[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,brush sth a'way (from sth)4.■to remove sth from a surface with a brush, your hand, etc.(从…上)掸，擦掉，弄开… :She brushed a stray hair away from her face.她拂开脸上的一缕散发。[OBJ]tears,hair,dust 5.■to ignore an idea, a thought, etc. because you do not want to think about it or you think it is not important不理会(想法等)；不去想:She quickly brushed the idea away.她立刻把这个想法抛到脑后。[synonym]dismiss sth[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,brush 'by sb/sth =BRUSH AGAINST/BY/PAST SB/STH,brush sb/yourself 'down (especially BrE)6.■to clean sb/yourself by brushing their/your clothes with your hand, especially after they/you have fallen掸乾净某人/自己(尤指摔跤后拂去衣服上的灰尘) :She stood up and brushed herself down.她站起来把身上的灰尘拍掉。see also BRUSH SB/YOURSELF OFF[G]v+n/pron+adv,brush sth 'down (especially BrE) 7.■to clean sth by brushing it thoroughly刷乾净… :Brush your coat down to get the mud off.把你外套上的泥刷乾净。The children were taught how to brush down their ponies.有人桝孩子们如何把他们的小马刷乾净。[OBJ]coat,skirt,etc.see also BRUSH STH OFF 1[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,brush 'off; ,brush sth 'off 8.■if mud, dust etc.brushes off, or you brush it off, it is removed by brushing被刷掉；拂去…:Don’t worry about the mud — it’ll brush off easily when it’s dry.别担心那些泥─乾了就容易刷掉。We were able to brush the dirt off quite easily.我们很容易就把尘土掸掉了。[G]v+adv ◆ v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,brush sb 'off (informal)9.■to refuse to listen to sb; to ignore sb in a rude or unkind way不理睬某人:He tried to explain to her, but she brushed him off impatiently.他试图向她解释，可她不耐烦地不搭理他。[synonym]rebuff sb (formal)see also BRUSH SB/STH ASIDE 2 10.■to get rid of sb把某人打发走:She couldn’t brush Roger off after the party.聚会之后她没法把罗杰打发走。[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n'brush-off n (informal) 11.■rude or unkind behaviour that shows you do not want to be friendly漠视；不理睬:to give sb the brush-off 不理睬某人,brush sb/yourself 'off 12.■to clean sb/yourself by brushing their/your clothes quickly with your hand掸净某人/自己(拂去衣服上的灰尘)see also BRUSH SB/YOURSELF DOWN[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,brush sth 'off13.■to clean sth quickly by brushing it(迅速)刷乾净，掸乾净:He picked up his hat and brushed it off quickly.他捡起帽子立刻掸乾净。see also BRUSH STH DOWN 14.■to refuse to listen to, discuss or accept sth不理会；拒绝接受:Roberts brushed off allegations of corruption.罗伯茨对指责他贪污的说法均不予理会。She brushed off offers of help from her friends.朋友们主动提出帮忙，她拒绝了。see also BRUSH SB/STH ASIDE 2[G]v+n/pron+adv ◆ v+adv+n,brush sth 'out 15.■to brush sth, especially hair,thoroughly to remove knots or to make it straighter梳开，梳理(头发等):She brushed out her hair, washed her face and got into bed.她把头发梳开，洗脸，然后上床了。[OBJ]hair16.■(also ,brush sth 'out of sth) to remove knots,etc. from your hair by brushing梳开(头发的结等):It took half an hour to brush out all the tangles in his hair.用了半个小时才梳开他头发上的所有乱团。[OBJ]tangles,knots[G]v+adv+n ◆ v+n/pron+adv 2 }also&b{ v+n/pron+adv+prep,brush 'past sb/sth =BRUSH AGAINST/BY/PAST SB/STH,brush sth 'up; ,brush 'up on sth (especially BrE)17.■to study or practise sth in order to get back the skill or knowledge that you had in the past but have not used for some time重温，复习(生疏了的技术或知识):I need to brush up my computer skills.我需要捡起我的计算机技术。You should brush up on your French before you go to France.你去法国之前得温习一下法语。[OBJ]skills,French/English,etc.[synonym]polish sth up;review sth (especially AmE),revise sth (BrE)18.■[NOTE]Brush sth up cannot be used in the passive. brush sth up 不用于被动语态。[G]v+adv+n ◆ v+pron+adv ◆ v+n+adv (less frequent) ◆ v+adv+prep