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bush

美 [bʊʃ]英 [bʊʃ]
  • n.灌木;<电>(绝缘)套管;<机>衬套, 轴衬, 轴瓦;(尤指非洲和澳大利亚的)荒野;(新西兰未被砍伐的)林区;灌木状的东西(尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛)
  • v.使筋疲力尽;灌木般丛生;加(金属)衬套[轴衬]于;浓密地生长;形成灌木林, 用灌木围住
  • adj.粗鲁的, 粗野的;非专业的, 外行的;(豆科植物等)长得低矮如灌木的;粗糙但实用的;次等的, 第二流

复数: bushes

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noun

1

灌木
a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root

a rose bush

玫瑰丛

holly bushes

冬青树丛

2

灌木状的东西(尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛)
a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur

3

(尤指非洲和澳大利亚的)荒野;(新西兰未被砍伐的)林区
an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia; in New Zealand an area where the forest has not been cleared

习语

it is better to keep sth that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more

bush

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 灌木;灌木丛
    A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.

    Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.

    树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。

  • 2
    N-SING (热带国家未开发的)荒野地带,丛林地带
    The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot countries are referred to as the bush.

    They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours...

    他们花了36个小时穿过茂密的莫桑比克丛林。

  • 3
    PHRASE 拐弯抹角;旁敲侧击
    If you tell someone not to beat about the bush, you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way.

    Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?

    别再拐弯抹角了,他到底干了什么?

noun

1
hair growing in the pubic area
Synonym: pubic hair crotch hair
2
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Synonym: scrub chaparral
3
a large wilderness area
4
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Synonym: shrub

verb

1
provide with a bushing

adj

1
not of the highest quality or sophistication
Synonym: bush-league

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  1. Luckily , a bush broke his fall .

    幸亏有灌木接着,他摔得不重。

  2. He snapped a twig off a bush .

    他啪地从灌木上折下一小枝。

  3. President Bush is due to visit the country next month .

    布什总统定于下月访问该国。

  4. Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want .

    别绕来绕去了,告诉我你想要什么吧。

  5. He was a White House official during the Bush presidency .

    他是布什任总统时的白宫官员。

  6. There is no danger of a bush fire now .

    目前不存在野外大火的危险。

  7. The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June .

    六月的玫瑰园花团锦簇。

  8. Next month he will be appearing as Bush in a new play on Broadway .

    下月他将在百老汇上演的一出新戏中扮演布什。

  9. I had to relieve myself behind a bush .

    我只好在树丛后面方便了一下。

  10. The constant winds had stunted the growth of plants and bushes .

    老是刮风,花草、灌木长不大。

  11. There was someone skulking behind the bushes .

    有人藏在灌木后面。

  12. These bushes are fairly recent plantings .

    这些灌木丛是最近栽植的。

  13. We hacked away at the bushes .

    我们劈开灌木丛。

  14. I heard a faint rustle in the bushes .

    我听到树丛里发出一阵轻微的窸窣声。

  15. Some animal was scuffling in the bushes .

    有只动物在灌木丛中窸窸窣窣地穿行。

  16. The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programs

    布什基金会已经资助了许多教员发展项目。

  17. No garden is complete without a bed of rose bushes .

    没有玫瑰花圃的花园是不完整的。

  18. Trees and bushes grew down to the water 's edge .

    树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。

  19. Abroad , Mr Bush was seen as a world statesman

    在国外,布什先生被看作一位国际上举足轻重的政治家。

  20. I probed around for some time in the bushes .

    我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。

  21. Stop beating about the bush . What 's he done ?

    别再拐弯抹角了,他到底干了什么?

  22. George W. Bush carried the state with 56 percent of the vote .

    乔治·W.布什在该州以56%的得票率获胜。

  23. Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water .

    用至少4加仑的水浸湿每株灌木周围的土。

  24. You have to prune a bush if you want fruit

    如果想让灌木结果,就必须进行修剪。

  25. The bushes and trees were blowing in the wind .

    灌木丛和树木在风中摇晃。

  26. The jeep was found lying in thick bush .

    人们发现吉普车翻倒在一处茂密的丛林里。

  27. They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours

    他们花了36个小时穿过茂密的莫桑比克丛林。

  28. President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country 's budget deficit

    布什总统已结束了在削减国家预算赤字的措施上形成的僵局。

  29. I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych .

    我正要去奥尔德威治的布什大厦最顶层。

  30. There was no evidence to link the brigade to any conspiracy against Mr Bush .

    没有证据表明这帮人对布什先生图谋不轨。

  • 习语

n.

beat about the bush

拐弯抹角地讲话;绕圈子
to talk about sth for a long time without coming to the main point

Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.

别绕来绕去了,告诉我你想要什么吧。

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林(满足于现有的总比因过分追求而失去一切好)
it is better to keep sth that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more