A device consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, or painting.刷子；画笔：把刚毛绑牢在一根手柄上，可作擦洗、上光或绘画之用The act of using this device.用刷子刷；用笔画：使用这种装置的行为A light touch in passing; a graze.轻触；轻拂A bushy tail:毛茸茸的尾巴：例句：the brush of a fox.一只狐狸的毛茸茸的尾巴A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.电刷：连接一个固定的导体和移动的导体，使电路通畅的滑动物体A snub; a brushoff.冷落；断然拒绝v.（动词）brushed,brush.ing,brush.es v.tr.（及物动词）

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.用刷子涂抹To remove with or as if with motions of a brush.拭去，除去To dismiss abruptly or curtly:不客气地打发走，把…撇在一边：例句：brushed the matter aside; brushed an old friend off.把事情搁在一边不予理睬；不理会老朋友To touch lightly in passing; graze against.经过时轻触；轻擦v.intr.（不及物动词）To use or apply a brush.刷，拂拭To move past something so as to touch it lightly.擦过，掠过brush upTo refresh one`s memory.重温，再练To renew a skill.更新技术，改善常用词组>来源：Middle English brusshe 中古英语 brusshe from Old French brosse [brushwood, brush] * see brush 2源自 古法语 brosse [灌木丛，灌木] *参见 brush2【引伸】brush.ern.（名词）brush.yadj.（形容词）brush,flick,glance,graze,shave,skim同义词>The central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make light and momentary contact with something in passing.: 这些动词共同的主要意义是：.经过时与物体轻微短暂地接触一下.： 例句：her arm brushing mine;她的胳膊轻轻地碰了一下我的胳膊；例句：flicked the paper with his finger;用他的手指轻轻掸了一下纸；例句：an arrow that glanced off the tree;掠过那棵树的箭；例句：a knife blade grazing the countertop;轻轻擦着厨房里工作台面的刀刃；例句：a taxi that shaved the curb;轻轻挨着路缘行驶的出租车；例句：an oar skimming the surface of the pond. 划过池塘水面的桨 参考词汇>---------------另--------------brushbrush 2n.（名词）

A dense growth of bushes or shrubs.灌木丛，小树丛Land covered by such a growth.丛林地带Cut or broken branches.砍下或断落的树枝来源：Middle English brusshe 中古英语 brusshe from Old French brosse [brushwood] 源自 古法语 brosse [灌木丛] from Vulgar Latin *bruscia 源自 俗拉丁语 *bruscia perhaps from Latin bruscum [knot on a maple] 可能源自 拉丁语 bruscum [槭树上的节疤] 【引伸】brush.yadj.（形容词）---------------另--------------brushbrush 3n.（名词）A brief, often hostile or alarming encounter:小冲突：短暂，但通常带有敌意或警告性的接触：例句：a brush with the law; a brush with death.轻微的犯法行为；触及死亡

来源：Middle English 中古英语 from brushen [to hasten, rush] 源自 brushen [赶紧，冲] probably from brusshe [brush] * see brush 可能源自 brusshe [小争吵] *参见 brush