bush1
KK: [bʊʃ]
DJ: [buʃ]
n.[C]
- 灌木,灌木叢
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
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
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.