| 单词 | to go bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go bush e. to go bush, to go into the country; to leave the city; to disappear from one's usual surroundings. Also transferred, to run wild, to go berserk. Originally and chiefly Australian. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > to the country or bush to take to the bush1837 to go bush1908 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > from the city or one's usual place to go bush1908 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > suffer from frenzy or raging awedeeOE to tear (out) the hairc1330 to run amok1672 amoka1811 to go berserk1917 to do one's (occasionally the) nut1919 to go bush1933 1908 J. Gunn We of Never-never 8 She went bush with me when I'd nothing but a skeeto net and a quart-pot to share with her. 1927 M. Terry Through Land of Promise 41 The English settlers..tried to tame them for domestic purposes. But the greater number had already ‘gone bush’. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Feb. 20 It is rare for this fellow [sc. a dog] to go bush, but it has been recorded. 1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. x. 78 Milbuka had fled, ‘gone bush’ that morning, and could not be found. 1946 F. D. Davison Dusty xiv. 156 From the fact that separate killings [of sheep] were reported it was natural to conclude that they were the work of a sheep dog gone bush. 1953 V. Bartlett Struggle for Afr. i. 24 An African may do the same job day after day for months or years, and then suddenly ‘go bush’, omit some vital part of his routine, even say or do things which he himself cannot remember or explain when the mood is over. 1958 R. Stow To Islands 118 Brother Heriot has disappeared. He's gone bush somewhere and he might never come back. 1964 Economist 30 May 1000/1 To take refuge from [Australian] urban problems by ‘going bush’. < as lemmas |
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