give ... brush• After posing for this snapshot, Arsenio gave him the brush off.• Now that Higginbotham has been given the brush off, may I venture to approach you?• Most Brothermachinesgave weaving brushes which are built in to the sinker plate.• The Oakley gave her the brush of the only fox they broke up that day.
brush with death• Nobody wants to die but a brush with death makes you feel more intensely alive than ever.• Perhaps it was that close brush with death that had sharpened all her senses.• Perhaps that early brush with deathendowed the villagers with a greater than normalappreciation for the past.• He knew that what he was feeling didn't have much to do with his brush with death.• Starsdanced before my eyes and I kept shaking with fear at my latest brush with death.
brush2 ●●●S3 verb
1clean/make tidy 清洁/使整齐 [transitiveT]CLEAN to clean something or make something smooth and tidy using a brush 〔用刷子〕刷;扫;拂拭 → sweep
Don’t forget to brush your teeth.
不要忘记刷牙。
2remove 除去 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE something OR somebody to remove something with a brush or with your hand 刷掉;拂去
3touch lightly 轻轻触碰 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]TOUCH to touch someone or something lightly when passing them 轻擦,触碰
Something brushed her shoulders.
有什么东西掠过她的肩头。
brush against
I felt her hair brush against my arm.
我感到她的头发轻拂过我的胳膊。
brush past
Nell brushed past him in the doorway.
内尔在门道里和他擦肩而过。
4put STH on STH 把某物放在某物上 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to put a liquid onto something using a brush 刷上;涂
brush something with something
Brush the pastry with milk.
给酥油面团刷一层牛奶。
brush something over/onto something
Brush a little oil over the top of the pizza.
在比萨饼上面刷一点油。
→ brush something under the carpetat sweep1(15)PHRASAL VERBS
5brush somebody/something ↔ asidephrasal verbphr vto refuse to listen to someone, or refuse to consider something 不理会,不顾,漠视SYN dismiss
He simply brushed all my objections aside.
他根本不顾我的反对。
Examples from the Corpus
brush aside• Because Ludo and I drop our hands to where our holsters would be, and brush our jackets aside.• Marco, rising, brushed him quickly aside.• No wonder the 49ers brushed this game aside.• Seeing her wince, Michele lifted her, brushing her objections aside.• Snow drove against him, but he just brushed it aside.• Impatiently, he brushed the thought aside and concentrated on his own problems.• The Kingbrushed thin opposition aside and left, taking two body squires with him, Patrick Seton and Thomas Erceldoun.• Holmgren brushed the matter asideMonday by saying the sheets got tossed in the trash before the game.
b)brush yourself down to use your hands to removedirt from your clothes, especially after you have fallen 〔尤在摔跤后〕拍打干净,掸去灰尘
Examples from the Corpus
brush yourself down• Give me a couple of minutes, will you? Brush yourself down while you're waiting.
7brush somebody/something ↔ offphrasal verbphr vREJECT/NOT ACCEPTto refuse to listen to someone or their ideas, especially by ignoring them or saying something rude 漠视,对...充耳不闻
brush off• It would have been much easier to just brush it off.• Scrub away any residue with water and a stiffbrush.• The fact that he'd made love to her and then tried to brush her off.• I brushed it off and placed it in the center of my palm, where it looked tiny and fragile.• This is worth dwelling on, because those who brush quality off as unaffordable abound in the business world as well.• Somebodybrushes sand off his drum, as trumpetsooze.• He did not bother to brush the dirt off his knees.• She brushed dust off the toe.
8brush up (on) somethingphrasal verbphr vIMPROVEto practise and improve your skills or your knowledge of something that you learned in the past 温习,复习
I must brush up on my French before I go to Paris.
去巴黎之前,我要好好温习一下法语。
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brush up (on) • I have already said how little I knew about cancer, and I now began to brush up on it.• For the province's futureOlympichopefuls have been brushing up on skills both on and off the sportsfields.• Public libraries frequently have computers that people can use to brush up on their skills.• The guide can be used an introduction to the hobby or as a means to brush up skills.
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brush• As she passed, her barearmbrushed against his arm, sending a shiver down his spine.• I felt something brush against the back of my head.• Even Marshall had brushedaside all suggestions of having a few minutes to spare to give Harbury something exclusive.• Conference-goers, though, brushed aside the news as a blip on the political radarscreen.• When it was cut into ravioli, I decided, I would brush each one very lightly with egg white.• The warm evening airbrushed her face and tugged at her hair as the car spedsouth.• She stopped when something soft and fluttery brushed her face.• I brushed his back surreptitiously as I walked past.• Bernard brushed his hands together then walked back to the door.• Use small strokes to brush on the paint.• The car brushed the bush at the end of the driveway.• I brushed the crumbs off the sofa.• Brush the dough with meltedbutter.• The car brushed the hedges on both sides of the narrowlane.• You should brush your jacket -- it's covered in dust.• Have you brushed your teeth yet?• It's time for you kids to go brush your teeth.
Originbrush1
1. (1300-1400) Early Frenchbroisse, from Old Frenchbroce ( → BRUSH12); probably because branches from bushes and trees were used to make brushes.