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beat the bushes

/boosh/US // bʊʃ //UK // (bʊʃ) //

击败灌木丛,击溃灌木丛,击败灌木林,击溃灌木林

Related Words

shrubbery灌木丛,灌木林,灌木丛生,灌木丛中plant工厂hinterland腹地,内陆地区,内地,内陆scrub擦洗,擦洗干净,擦伤,搓洗wilderness荒野,荒地,旷野,荒原jungle丛林,丛林里,丛林里的,密林vine蔓藤,蔓生植物,蔓草,蔓生backwoods僻静处,树林,僻壤outback内陆,内陆地区,内地,外地hedge篱笆,防范,对冲,防范措施forest森林,林子,林业,林bramble藟,树莓,荆棘,荆棘丛生thicket丛丛,灌丛,灌木丛,丛林brush刷子,刷,刷牙,刷涂creeper爬行者,爬山虎,爬虫,爬行器briar石楠,石楠树,红石楠,石楠木scrubland灌木丛地,灌木林地,灌丛地,灌木丛chaparral皲裂,灌木林,灌木丛,皲裂层backcountry僻静处,后山,乡土,僻静的地方boscage丑角,丑女,丑闻,丑陋

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
    • : a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.
    • : something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.
    • : Also called bush lot. Canadian. a small, wooded lot, especially a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.
    • : the tail of a fox; brush.
    • : Geography. a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.
    • : a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.
    • : a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.
    • : a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.
    • : any tavern sign.
    • : Slang: Vulgar. pubic hair.
    • : Archaic. a wineshop.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bush-league.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
forage草料,饲草,饲料,觅食nose around探头,探头探脑,探头探尾,探查poke around摸索,打探消息,摸索着走,摸索着走访search搜索,搜寻,搜查,检索search through通过搜索,搜索通过,通过搜寻

Examples

  • Bush and Renz have been working together for about a dozen years, producing social justice–driven advertising, short films, and music videos, which means they were very used to collaborating by the time they made the movie.

  • Bush and Renz are both excited to see how the world receives their movie.

  • Even though President Obama and President Bush campaigned on bi-partisanship and bringing people together, they failed.

  • Likewise, in 1988, Bush ultimately won the nomination, but not before coming in third in the Iowa caucuses and having some tense debates with Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole.

  • The Supreme Court eventually intervened to let stand a preliminary count that awarded Bush the state.

  • “The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.

  • Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.

  • A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”

  • Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.

  • To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.

  • I saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.

  • Not having completed the loading of his gun, Tom hastily rode behind a dense bush, and concealed himself as well as he could.

  • About an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.

  • Squinty heard one man cry, and then the comical little pig dodged under a bush, and kept on running.

  • The hairy animal, with the long tail, came straight for the bush behind which Squinty was hiding, and crawled through.

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