- an implement with a handle, consisting of bristles, hair, or wire set into a block, used for cleaning or scrubbing, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, arranging the hair, or other purposes刷子, 毛刷, 梳子; 画笔：
a shaving brush.
修面刷。
- an act or sweeping, applying, or arranging with such an implement or with one's hand刷, 掸, 拂：
he gave the seat a brush.
他把座位掸了掸。
- （一般作brushes）a thin stick set with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals刷子（用于鼓, 钹等打击乐器, 以发出嘶嘶的声音）。
- the bushy tail of a fox狐狸尾巴。
- a slight and fleeting touch轻拂, 轻抹, 轻擦：
the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek.
他在她的面颊上的轻吻。
- a brief and typically unpleasant or unwelcome encounter with someone or something短暂的遭遇; 不愉快（或不受欢迎）的接触; 小冲突, 小争吵：
a brush with death.
与死神擦肩而过。
- a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator电刷。
- mass noun Austral. / NZ informal girls or women, especially when regarded sexually〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉（性感的）女人（或女孩）：
'Beer first, brush later.'
“先喝啤酒, 然后泡妞”。
[ORIGIN: 1940s: probably from brush in the sense 'animal's tail', in association with tail buttocks （see TAIL1）.]
- with obj. and adverbial remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing擦掉（泥巴）; 掸去（灰尘）：
we'll be able to brush the mud off easily
我们将很容易就能把泥巴擦掉
he brushed himself down.
他把自己身上的灰尘拍干净。
- with obj. use a brush or one's hand to remove dust or dirt from (something)（用刷子或手将灰尘）从…上拂去（或刷掉）：
she brushed down her best coat.
她把自己最好的那件外套刷了刷。
- with obj. clean (one's teeth) by scrubbing with a brush刷（牙）。
- with obj. arrange (one's hair) by running a brush through it梳（头）。
- with obj. apply a liquid to (a surface) with a brush涂刷液体于（表面）：
brush the potatoes with oil.
把油涂刷在土豆上。
- apply (a liquid or substance) to a surface涂（液体或物质）于面上：
a coat of French polish was brushed over the repair.
在修补过的地方刷了一层法国上光漆。
- no obj. touch lightly and gently轻触：
stems of grass brush against her legs.
草秆儿轻轻地碰触着她的腿。
brush past
touch fleetingly and in passing轻擦, 轻拂, 轻抹：she brushed past him to leave the room.
离开房间时她轻轻地碰了他一下。
- with obj. push (something) away with a quick movement of the hand推开, 拂开：
she brushed a wisp of hair away from her face.
她把垂在脸上的一绺头发拂开。
- with obj.
brush something aside
dismiss something curtly and confidently不理, 不顾： he brushed aside attacks on his policies.
他不理会对他的政策的攻击。
- with obj.
brush someone/thing off
dismiss in an abrupt, contemptuous way漠视, 置之不理： the president brushed off a reporter's question about terrorism.
总统对一名记者关于恐怖主义的提问置之不理。
brushless
adjective （chiefly technical 〈主技〉 ）a brushless motor
不带电刷的发动机
brush-like
adjectivebrush someone back
- Baseball, informal (of a pitcher) force a batter to step back to avoid being hit by a ball pitched close to the body【棒球】〈非正式〉 （投球手）迫使击球手后退以免被投出的近身球击中。
brush up on（或brush something up）
- improve one's previously good knowledge of or skill at a particular thing温习, 复习; 提高：
brush up on your telephone skills.
提高一下你给人打电话的技巧。
- chiefly N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs〈主北美, 主澳/新西兰〉下层丛林; 小树丛; 灌木丛。
- land covered with such growth灌木丛林地。
- N. Amer. cut brushwood〈北美〉砍下（或断下）的树枝; 柴枝。
- Austral. /NZ dense forest〈澳/新西兰〉密林。