brushing
present participle ofbrush
| 单词 | brushing |
| 释义 | brushing present participle ofbrush brush verb uk/brʌʃ/us/brʌʃ/brushverb(TOUCH)B2[I+ adv/prep,T] totouch(something)quicklyandlightlyorcarelessly: Charlotte brushedagainsthim(=touchedhimquicklyandlightlywith herarmorbody)as shelefttheroom. Hislipsgentlybrushed hercheekand he was gone. C1[T+ adv/prep] tomovesomethingsomewhereusing a brush oryourhand: Jackie brushed thehairout of hereyes. He brushedawayatear. Shestoodup and brushed thewrinklesfrom herdress.
Touching & feeling
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cleaning generally brushverb(CLEAN)A2[T] tocleansomething or make somethingsmoothwith a brush: When did he last brush histeeth, shewondered. She brushed herhairwithlong,regularstrokes. [+ obj + adj]Mytrousersgotcoveredinmud, butluckilyI wasableto brush themclean.
Cleaning generally
Phrasal verbsbrushsomeone/somethingaside brushsomeone/somethingoff brushsomethingoff brush pastsomeone brush up (on)something Examplesofbrushingbrushing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Subjects were asked to use the swab as ifbrushingtheir teeth for 30-60 s until the device was very wet. From theCambridge English Corpus When this problem arose, the bubbles were removed by carefullybrushingthe sensor. From theCambridge English Corpus In routine work it is customary for observers to collect a sample of 50 eggs off the plants of record,brushingoff those uncollected. From theCambridge English Corpus The retina was then immediately dislodged from the filter paper by gentlebrushingand mounted into the recording chamber with the ganglion cell layer up. From theCambridge English Corpus The same neuron showed a large response tobrushingthe cutaneous receptive field. From theCambridge English Corpus Not many people would agree, however, that the ritual of, say,brushingtheir teeth makes this a religious experience. From theCambridge English Corpus Reports and surveys thebrushingstrokes analysed by the computer program to create the perfect sweep. From theCambridge English Corpus Retinas were isolated by dissecting the eyes from their orbits, then lightlybrushingthe retina apar t from the sclera and pigment epithelium. From theCambridge English Corpus In this work,brushingis used as an interaction method for swiftly gaining access to the information related to the currently visualized information. From theCambridge English Corpus In effect, the use ofbrushingmakes it possible to show an increased number of variates. From theCambridge English Corpus Subjects were asked to refrain from eating, drinking orbrushingtheir teeth 30 min prior to sampling. From theCambridge English Corpus During typical robot tasks, such as assembly, material handling, polishing,brushing, etc. the robot manipulator is in contact with the environment. From theCambridge English Corpus The presentation form is a three-dimensional correlation matrix, and the visualization methods used arebrushingand glyphs. From theCambridge English Corpus The concentration of presumably dust-borne elements like sulfur and chlorine diminished significantly withbrushing, and diminished dramatically with grinding. From theCambridge English Corpus Par ticipants were instructed to provide saliva beforebrushingteeth or eating the morning meal on each of the four mornings. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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