bush
英 [bʊʃ]
美 [bʊʃ]
n. 灌木; 灌木状的东西(尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛); (尤指非洲和澳大利亚的)荒野; (新西兰未被砍伐的)林区
复数：bushes 过去分词：bushed 现在分词：bushing 过去式：bushed 第三人称单数：bushes
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2801 / COCA.34013
习惯用语
n.
- beat about the bush
- 拐弯抹角地讲话；绕圈子
to talk about sth for a long time without coming to the main point - Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.
别绕来绕去了，告诉我你想要什么吧。 a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林（满足于现有的总比因过分追求而失去一切好）
it is better to keep sth that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more
牛津词典
noun
- 灌木
a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root- a rose bush
玫瑰丛 - holly bushes
冬青树丛
- a rose bush
- 灌木状的东西（尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛）
a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur - （尤指非洲和澳大利亚的）荒野；（新西兰未被砍伐的）林区
an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia; in New Zealand an area where the forest has not been cleared
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 灌木；灌木丛
Abushis a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.- Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.
树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。
- Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.
- N-SING （热带国家未开发的）荒野地带，丛林地带
The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot countries are referred to asthe bush.- They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours...
他们花了36个小时穿过茂密的莫桑比克丛林。 - The jeep was found lying in thick bush.
人们发现吉普车翻倒在一处茂密的丛林里。
- They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours...
- PHRASE 拐弯抹角；旁敲侧击
If you tell someone not tobeat about the bush, you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way.- Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?
别再拐弯抹角了，他到底干了什么？
- Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?
英英释义
noun
- hair growing in the pubic area
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- a large wilderness area
- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
verb
- provide with a bushing
adj
- not of the highest quality or sophistication
双语例句
- Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?
别再拐弯抹角了，他到底干了什么？ - Instead of answering my question he began to beat about the bush.
他没有回答我的问题，给我兜起圈子来了。 - The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programs
布什基金会已经资助了许多教员发展项目。 - If there's anything you want to say, don't beat about the bush and just say it out.
有什么话就直说吧！别兜圈子了。 - Abroad, Mr Bush was seen as a world statesman
在国外，布什先生被看作一位国际上举足轻重的政治家。 - There is no sense in beating around the bush.
拐弯抹角说话没有意义。 - Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
用至少4加仑的水浸湿每株灌木周围的土。 - Doug has a yarn or two to tell me about his trips into the bush.
道格要给我讲几个他到荒野地区旅行的奇遇故事。 - The jeep was found lying in thick bush.
人们发现吉普车翻倒在一处茂密的丛林里。 - Shall I prune this bush down? it's beginning to shut out some light from the house.
我把这树丛剪短些好吗？它开始遮挡屋子的光线了。