mass noun
1
- a soft, wet, pulpy mass浆状物, 烂糊状东西; 软块:
she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves
她费力地走过腐烂的落叶
count noun the flowers had been flattened into a sodden pink mush.花儿已被碾碎成了湿漉漉的粉红色软泥。
1.1
- figurative feeble or cloying sentimentality〈喻〉感情脆弱; 过分的多愁善感; 感情过分外露:
the film's not just romantic mush.
这电影并非只是缠绵悱恻而已。
2
- count noun Brit. informal a person's mouth or face〈英, 非正式〉嘴; 脸。
3
- N. Amer. thick maize porridge〈北美〉稠玉米粥。
with obj.[usu. as adj. mushed]
- reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass使成烂糊状; 把…弄烂, 把…碾碎:
a cake combining layers of mushed prune and pastry.
由一层层李子酱和面层组成的蛋糕。
词源
late 17th cent. (in sense 3): apparently a variant of MASH.
N. Amer. <北美>
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- go on a journey across snow with a dog sled驾狗拉雪橇作雪地旅行:
Sepala mushed through the land of the midnight sun.
赛帕拉乘着狗拉雪橇通过白夜地区。
1.1
- with obj. urge on (the dogs) during such a journey(雪地旅行)赶着(狗)前进。
- a command urging on dogs during such a journey快走(对拉雪橇狗的吆喝)。
- a journey across snow with a dog sled驾狗拉雪橇的旅行。
词源
mid 19th cent.: probably an alteration of French marchez! or marchons!, imperatives of marcher 'to advance'.