英语词汇“to brush up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to brush up: to brighten up by brushing, to free from dust or cobwebs, to furbish up, rub up, renovate; also figurative to revive or refresh one's acquaintance with anything. (Pope associates this with using a brush in painting, but perhaps only by a wordplay.) Also absol. (rare) and intransitive.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > clean by brushing or sweeping [verb (transitive)]

swopec1000

sweepa1300

brusha1475

streak1492

soop?a1500

to brush upa1600

besom1791

broom1838

to brush down1839

society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > relearn

to rub up1613

relearn1694

refresh1781

to brush up1788

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > brush or sweep [verb (intransitive)]

sweep1340

to brush up1811

to brush away1855

society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > relearn

to brush up1818

a1600 A. Scott Eagle & Robin in Ever-green (1761) I. 233 Proud Pecocks..Bruscht up thair Pens that solemn Day.

1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iii. sig. D3 You should brushe vp my olde Mistresse.

1706 A. Pope Let. 10 Apr. in Wks. (1871–89) I. 28 You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbours.

1788 Ld. Sheffield in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 220 Nickolls..was happy in brushing up his acquaintance with you.

1811 London Pract. Midwifery (ed. 3) vi. 140 The practitioner should always be cheerful... Whenever he perceives his patient looking at him, he should brush up, and appear as cheerful as he can.

1818 J. Keats Let. 27 Apr. (1958) I. 275 Don't you think I am brushing up in the letter way?

1832 H. Martineau For Each & All i. 5 She must brush up her French.

1835 C. Dickens Let. ?June (1965) I. 66 I felt rather tired this morning when I got up; but as I did not do so until past eleven, I soon brushed up again.

1840 Knickerbocker 16 162 I thought I must brush up for the occasion.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 162 I brushed up my recollections of the map of England.

1903 Dial 1 Sept. (advt.) If you wish to brush up on your English, you will find nothing better.

1904 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 5 Oct. 8 The ex-governor must brush up a bit on his ecclesiastical studies.

单词	to brush up
释义	> as lemmas to brush up a. to brush up: to brighten up by brushing, to free from dust or cobwebs, to furbish up, rub up, renovate; also figurative to revive or refresh one's acquaintance with anything. (Pope associates this with using a brush in painting, but perhaps only by a wordplay.) Also absol. (rare) and intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > clean by brushing or sweeping [verb (transitive)] swopec1000 sweepa1300 brusha1475 streak1492 soop?a1500 to brush upa1600 besom1791 broom1838 to brush down1839 society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > relearn to rub up1613 relearn1694 refresh1781 to brush up1788 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > brush or sweep [verb (intransitive)] sweep1340 to brush up1811 to brush away1855 society > education > learning > [verb (intransitive)] > relearn to brush up1818 a1600 A. Scott Eagle & Robin in Ever-green (1761) I. 233 Proud Pecocks..Bruscht up thair Pens that solemn Day. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iii. sig. D3 You should brushe vp my olde Mistresse. 1706 A. Pope Let. 10 Apr. in Wks. (1871–89) I. 28 You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbours. 1788 Ld. Sheffield in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 220 Nickolls..was happy in brushing up his acquaintance with you. 1811 London Pract. Midwifery (ed. 3) vi. 140 The practitioner should always be cheerful... Whenever he perceives his patient looking at him, he should brush up, and appear as cheerful as he can. 1818 J. Keats Let. 27 Apr. (1958) I. 275 Don't you think I am brushing up in the letter way? 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All i. 5 She must brush up her French. 1835 C. Dickens Let. ?June (1965) I. 66 I felt rather tired this morning when I got up; but as I did not do so until past eleven, I soon brushed up again. 1840 Knickerbocker 16 162 I thought I must brush up for the occasion. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 162 I brushed up my recollections of the map of England. 1903 Dial 1 Sept. (advt.) If you wish to brush up on your English, you will find nothing better. 1904 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 5 Oct. 8 The ex-governor must brush up a bit on his ecclesiastical studies. extracted from brushv.² < as lemmas
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