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quail-brush

/kweyl-bruhsh/US // ˈkweɪlˌbrʌʃ //

鹌鹑草,鹌鹑毛刷,鹌鹑毛刷子,鹌鹑牌灌木

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.

Examples

  • The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.

  • But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.

  • Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.

  • It was starting to look like Cosby might not brush this scandal off.

  • Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper.

  • We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.

  • Her success increased her confidence in herself and enhanced the boldness and freedom with which she handled her brush.

  • Two or three small parties of guerrillas had been sighted, but they took to the brush at the sight of the Federals.

  • Grandfather Mole felt it brush his back as it swept into place again.

  • Near noon I found a place where they'd cached two extra horses in the brush on Sage Creek.