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刷子；毛刷
A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
例句
We gave him paint and brushes...
我們給了他油漆和幾把刷子。
Stains are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes.
污漬是用幾桶肥皂水和幾把硬毛刷除去的。
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（用刷子）刷
If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush.
例句
Have you brushed your teeth?...
你刷牙了嗎？
She brushed the powder out of her hair...
她把頭發上的粉末刷掉了。
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用刷子在…上涂（或抹）
If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush.
例句
Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter.
取一張搟得很薄的油酥面皮，上面刷上一層熔化的牛油。
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拭；拂；擦
If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands.
例句
He brushed his hair back with both hands...
他用兩手把頭發往后捋。
She brushed away tears as she spoke of him...
談到他時，她拭去了臉上的淚水。
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擦過；掠過
If one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another, the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it.
例句
Something brushed against her leg...
有什么東西掃了一下她的腿。
I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder...
我感覺到她深褐色的頭發拂過我的肩。
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（從…身邊）擦過，掠過
If you brush past someone or brush by them, you almost touch them as you go past them.
例句
My father would burst into the kitchen, brushing past my mother...
我父親會緊貼著母親擦身而過，沖進廚房。
He brushed by with a perfunctory wave to the crowd.
他擦身而過，朝人群敷衍地揮了揮手。
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小沖突；小爭論；小摩擦
If you have a brush with someone, you have an argument or disagreement with them. You use brush when you want to make an argument or disagreement sound less serious than it really is.
例句
My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago...
我跟校長的第一次沖突發生在6年前。
It is his third brush with the law in less than a year.
這已是他在不到一年的時間里第三次觸犯法律了。
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觸及；碰到；險些遭遇
If you have a brush with a particular situation, usually an unpleasant one, you almost experience it.
例句
...the trauma of a brush with death...
和死神擦肩而過的心靈創傷
The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.
公司正在努力擺脫自身遭遇的第二次破產危機。
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灌木區；灌木叢
Brush is an area of rough open land covered with small bushes and trees. You also use brush to refer to the bushes and trees on this land.
例句
...the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres.
焚毀了近500畝灌木叢的大火
...a meadow of low brush and grass.
長有低矮灌木和草的牧場