bush

Word family

Related topics: Plants, Gardening

bush /bʊʃ/ S3 noun [countableC]

1 HBPDLGa plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground 灌木 → tree, shrub

a rose bush

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The child was hiding in the bushes.

那孩子躲在灌木丛里。

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2. the bush SGwild country that has not been cleared, especially in Australia or Africa 〔尤指澳大利亚或非洲的〕荒野

3. a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair 凌乱浓密的头发

→ beat about the bush at beat1(14)

Examples from the Corpus

bush• They lay under a bush near the friendly deer.• The forsythia bushes at the back of the santuario yielded a delicate, sweet scent in the dewy air.• a holly bush• Gunships made their chattering runs beside us, and door gunners killed bushes.• Some oldmen hid in the bushes and tackled the newmen as a prank.• I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.

Origin bush

(1200-1300) Old French bos, bosc “wood”

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