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bush 音标拼音: [b'ʊʃ] n. 小灌木,矮树丛 小灌木,矮树丛 bush adj 1: not of the highest quality or sophistication [ synonym: { bush- league}, { bush}] n 1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems [ synonym: { shrub}, { bush}] 2: a large wilderness area 3: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [ synonym: { scrub}, { chaparral}, { bush}] 4: 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush ( born in 1946) [ synonym: { Bush}, { George Bush}, { George W. Bush}, { George Walker Bush}, { President Bush}, { President George W. Bush}, { Dubyuh}, { Dubya}] 5: United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II ( 1890- 1974) [ synonym: { Bush}, { Vannevar Bush}] 6: vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States ( born in 1924) [ synonym: { Bush}, { George Bush}, { George H. W. Bush}, { George Herbert Walker Bush}, { President Bush}] 7: hair growing in the pubic area [ synonym: { pubic hair}, { bush}, { crotch hair}] v 1: provide with a bushingBush \ Bush\ ( b[. u] sh), n. [ OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[= u] skr, b[= u] ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. { Ambush}, { Boscage}, { Bouquet}, { Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. [ 1913 Webster] Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. [ 1913 Webster] To bind a bush of thorns among sweet- smelling flowers. -- Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy ( as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. [ 1913 Webster] If it be true that good wine needs no bush, ' t is true that a good play needs no epilogue. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. [ 1913 Webster] { To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round- about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. { Bush bean} ( Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({ Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety nanus). See { Bean}, 1. { Bush buck}, or { Bush goat} ( Zool.), a beautiful South African antelope ({ Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. { Bush cat} ( Zool.), the serval. See { Serval}. { Bush chat} ( Zool.), a bird of the genus { Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. { Bush dog}. ( Zool.) See { Potto}. { Bush hammer}. See { Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. { Bush harrow} ( Agric.) See under { Harrow}. { Bush hog} ( Zool.), a South African wild hog ({ Potamoch[ oe] rus Africanus}); -- called also { bush pig}, and { water hog}. { Bush master} ( Zool.), a venomous snake ({ Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also { surucucu}. { Bush pea} ( Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. { Bush shrike} ( Zool.), a bird of the genus { Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also { batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. { Bush tit} ( Zool.), a small bird of the genus { Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. { Psaltriparus minimus} inhabits California. [ 1913 Webster]
Bush \ Bush\, v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. [ 1913 Webster] bush baby
Bush \ Bush\ ( b[. u] sh), v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. " The bushing alders." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Bush \ Bush\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Bushed} ( b[. u] sht); p. pr. & vb. n. { Bushing}.] 1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To use a bush harrow on ( land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground. [ 1913 Webster]
Bush \ Bush\, n. [ D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to plug.] 1. ( Mech.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. -- Farrow. [ 1913 Webster] 112 Moby Thesaurus words for " bush": Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, afforestation, arboretum, back country, backcountry, backwash, backwater, backwoods, barren, barren land, barrens, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bramble, brier, brier bush, brush, brushwood, bush country, bushing, bushveld, chase, climax forest, cloud forest, dendrology, desert, desolation, doubling, doublure, dust bowl, facing, filler, filling, forest, forest land, forest preserve, forestry, forests, fringing forest, frontier, gallery forest, greenwood, hanger, heath, hinterland, howling wilderness, index forest, inlay, inlayer, insole, interlineation, jungle, jungles, karroo, liner, lining, lunar landscape, lunar waste, national forest, outback, outpost, packing, padding, palmetto barrens, park, park forest, pine barrens, primeval forest, protection forest, rain forest, reforestation, salt flat, scrub, scrubland, scrubwood, selection forest, shrub, shrubbery, shrubland, shrubwood, silviculture, sprout forest, stand of timber, state forest, stuffing, the bush, timber, timberland, timbers, tree veld, uninhabited region, up- country, virgin forest, virgin land, virgin territory, wadding, wainscot, waste, wasteland, weary waste, wild, wild West, wilderness, wilds, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlands, woods |
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