brush

詳細解釋：

brush

n.（名詞）

A device consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, or painting.
刷子；畫筆：把剛毛綁牢在一根手柄上，可作擦洗、上光或繪畫之用
The act of using this device.
用刷子刷；用筆畫：使用這種裝置的行為
A light touch in passing; a graze.
輕觸；輕拂
A bushy tail:
毛茸茸的尾巴：
例句：
the brush of a fox.
一隻狐狸的毛茸茸的尾巴

A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
電刷：連線一個固定的導體和移動的導體，使電路通暢的滑動物體
A snub; a brushoff.
冷落；斷然拒絕
v.（動詞）
brushed,brush.ing,brush.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To clean, polish, or groom with a brush.
用刷子清洗，擦亮，刷
To apply with or as if with motions of a brush.
用刷子塗抹
To remove with or as if with motions of a brush.
拭去，除去
To dismiss abruptly or curtly:
不客氣地打發走，把…撇在一邊：
例句：
brushed the matter aside; brushed an old friend off.
把事情擱在一邊不予理睬；不理會老朋友

To touch lightly in passing; graze against.
經過時輕觸；輕擦
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To use or apply a brush.
刷，拂拭
To move past something so as to touch it lightly.
擦過，掠過

<常用詞組>brush up
To refresh one`s memory.
重溫，再練
To renew a skill.
更新技術，改善
來源：
Middle English brusshe
中古英文 brusshe
from Old French brosse [brushwood, brush] * see brush 2
源自 古法文 brosse [灌木叢，灌木] *參見 brush2

【引伸】
brush.er
n.（名詞）
brush.y
adj.（形容詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>brush,flick,glance,graze,shave,skimThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make light and momentary contact with something in passing.:
這些動詞共同的主要意義是：.經過時與物體輕微短暫地接觸一下.：
例句：
her arm brushing mine;
她的胳膊輕輕地碰了一下我的胳膊；

例句：
flicked the paper with his finger;
用他的手指輕輕撣了一下紙；

例句：
an arrow that glanced off the tree;
掠過那棵樹的箭；

例句：
a knife blade grazing the countertop;
輕輕擦著廚房裡工作檯面的刀刃；

例句：
a taxi that shaved the curb;
輕輕挨著路緣行駛的計程車；

例句：
an oar skimming the surface of the pond.
划過池塘水面的槳


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brush
brush 2

n.（名詞）

A dense growth of bushes or shrubs.
灌木叢，小樹叢
Land covered by such a growth.
叢林地帶
Cut or broken branches.
砍下或斷落的樹枝

來源：
Middle English brusshe
中古英文 brusshe
from Old French brosse [brushwood]
源自 古法文 brosse [灌木叢]
from Vulgar Latin *bruscia
源自 俗拉丁語 *bruscia
perhaps from Latin bruscum [knot on a maple]
可能源自 拉丁語 bruscum [槭樹上的節疤]

【引伸】
brush.y
adj.（形容詞）

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brush
brush 3

n.（名詞）
A brief, often hostile or alarming encounter:
小衝突：短暫，但通常帶有敵意或警告性的接觸：
例句：
a brush with the law; a brush with death.
輕微的犯法行為；觸及死亡

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from brushen [to hasten, rush]
源自 brushen [趕緊，沖]
probably from brusshe [brush] * see brush
可能源自 brusshe [小爭吵] *參見 brush