bush1
  
  
	      			KK: [bʊʃ]
	      			DJ: [buʃ]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - 灌木,灌木叢
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the 
bush.
雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
 
      - 未開墾的荒野地區[the S]
 
      - 【美】【俚】鄉村,小鎮[the P]
 
      - 蓬亂的頭髮;【俚】鬍鬚
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 叢生,茂密地生長
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 用灌木圍住(或覆蓋)
 
      - 【口】使筋疲力盡
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The work completely 
bushed him.
那個工作弄得他精疲力盡。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    beat about/around the bush
    
      - 拐彎抹角
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Why should you 
beat about the bush when asking for better wages?
你要求加薪又何必拐彎抹角呢?
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
bush1
  
  n.
    - a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length.
 - 
(the bush)
 (in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country. 
▸the vegetation of such a district.
 ▸
[as modifier]
 chiefly S. African uncivilized; primitive.
 - vulgar slang a woman's pubic hair.
 - historical a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign.
 
v.
 spread out into a thick clump.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - go bush
 Austral./NZ informal run wild. 
    
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. bos, bosc, vars of bois ‘wood’, reinforced by ON buski, of Gmc origin.