| 单词 | bush |
| 释义 | bush bush1 —bushless, adj. —bushlike, adj. /boosh/, n. 1. a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground. 2. a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant. 3. something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair. 4. Also called bush lot. Canadian. a small, wooded lot, esp. a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc. 5. the tail of a fox; brush. 6. Geog. a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc. 7. a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle. 8. a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska. 9. a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop. 10. any tavern sign. 11. Slang (vulgar). pubic hair. 12. Archaic. a wineshop. 13. beat around or about the bush, to avoid coming to the point; delay in approaching a subject directly: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want. 14. beat the bushes, to scout or search for persons or things far and wide: beating the bushes for engineers. 15. go bush, Australian. a. to flee or escape into the bush. b. Slang. to become wild. v.i. 16. to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush. v.t. 17. to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes. adj. 18. bush-league. [bef. 1000; ME busshe, OE busc (in place-names); c. D bos wood, G Busch, ON buskr bush] bush2 /boosh/, n. 1. a lining of metal or the like set into an orifice to guard against wearing by friction, erosion, etc. 2. a bushing. v.t. 3. to furnish with a bush; line with metal. [1560-70; < MD bussche; see BOX1] |
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