brush sth
brush 作及物动词时后面直接跟被清洁或理顺的对象，如 brush your teeth、brush your hair。
She brushes her teeth twice a day.
她每天刷两次牙。
刷；刷牙
brushed — past of brush
梳；梳理；涂；刷；拂去；掸掉；轻擦；擦过；用刷子清洁。
To clean something using a brush, especially one's teeth.
用刷子清洁。
To clean with a brush.
用刷子理顺或整理。
To untangle or arrange with a brush.
用刷子涂抹。
To apply with a brush.
拂去。
To remove with a sweeping motion.
轻扫或轻擦。
To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
刷牙。
To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
一般现在时
She brushes her hair every morning.
她每天早上梳头。
一般过去时
He brushed his teeth before bed.
他睡前刷牙了。
现在进行时
I am brushing my coat.
我正在刷我的外套。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She brushes her teeth twice a day.
她每天刷两次牙。
用法提示：brush作为动词，表示用刷子清洁牙齿。
He brushed the dust off his jacket.
他刷掉了夹克上的灰尘。
用法提示：brushed是brush的过去式，表示刷去表面灰尘。
The cat brushed against my leg.
猫蹭过我的腿。
用法提示：brush作为动词，表示轻轻擦过或掠过。
brush 作及物动词时后面直接跟被清洁或理顺的对象，如 brush your teeth、brush your hair。
She brushes her teeth twice a day.
她每天刷两次牙。
off 或 away 可放在宾语之前或之后；宾语是代词时必须放在中间，如 brush it off。
He brushed the crumbs off the table.
他把桌上的面包屑刷掉了。
表示轻轻擦过、蹭过，介词常用 against 或 past。
A stranger brushed past me in the crowd.
一个陌生人在人群中从我身边擦过。
表示用刷子涂抹，用 on 或 onto 引出被涂的表面。
Brush the paint evenly onto the wall.
把油漆均匀地刷到墙上。
graze 强调擦过并可能造成轻微刮痕；brush 更像轻扫，不一定有损伤。
skim 强调快速沿表面掠过，通常不深入；brush 动作更短、更轻。
sweep 强调大面积、快速的扫过，幅度比 brush 大。
touch 最中性，只表示接触；brush 特指轻扫式的接触。
shave 常表示极贴近而过，可能不接触；brush 通常有实际接触。
grammar · medium
易错句子I wash my teeth twice a day.
正确表达I brush my teeth twice a day.
汉语“刷牙”指用刷子清洁牙齿，英语固定用 brush（brush one's teeth）；wash 只表示用水清洗，不能与 teeth 搭配表达“刷牙”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She brushes teeth before bed.
正确表达She brushes her teeth before bed.
英语中 teeth 指身体部位时前面通常要用物主代词（my/his/her/their），而汉语“刷牙”不带这类词，直译就会漏掉。补上 her 才符合英语表达习惯。
grammar · medium
易错句子I brush my hair yesterday morning.
正确表达I brushed my hair yesterday morning.
句中有过去时间状语 yesterday，谓语必须用过去式；brush 是规则动词，过去式在词尾加 -ed，即 brushed。
刷牙
You should brush your teeth after every meal.
你应该每顿饭后刷牙。
梳理头发
She brushed her hair until it was shiny.
她一直梳头，直到头发发亮。
拂去；掸掉
She brushed the crumbs off the table.
她把桌上的面包屑拂掉了。
用刷子涂上；刷上
Brush on a thin layer of paint.
刷上一层薄薄的油漆。
轻轻擦过；碰到
The cat brushed against my leg.
猫轻轻蹭过我的腿。
复习；重新练熟（常指语言或技能）
I need to brush up on my French before the interview.
面试前我需要复习一下法语。
不予理会；不重视
She brushed off his warning and went ahead anyway.
她没有理会他的警告，还是照样做了。
隐瞒（问题）；掩盖（错误）
The company tried to brush the scandal under the carpet.
公司试图把丑闻掩盖起来。
复习一下你的莎士比亚，从书架上拿起他读吧。
From Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate; a playful song title line urging people to refresh their knowledge of Shakespeare to impress a lover.
出自科尔·波特音乐剧《吻我，凯特》；这句俏皮的歌词鼓励人们重温莎士比亚的作品以打动心上人。
掸掉你肩上的灰。
From Jay-Z's hit song 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder' (2003); an iconic hip-hop line meaning to dismiss negativity or criticism.
出自Jay-Z的热门歌曲《Dirt Off Your Shoulder》（2003年）；这句标志性的嘻哈歌词意思是甩掉负面情绪或批评。
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