brush your teeth
collocation刷牙
You should brush your teeth after every meal.
你应该每顿饭后刷牙。
刷；刷牙
brushes — third person singular of brush
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刷；刷牙
To clean something using a brush, especially one's teeth.
She brushes her teeth twice a day.
她每天刷两次牙。
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.
brush
Base
原形
brushes
3rd person
第三人称单数
brushing
-ing
现在分词
brushed
Past
过去式
brushed
Past participle
过去分词
She brushes her hair every morning.
她每天早上梳头。
He brushed his teeth before bed.
他睡前刷牙了。
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。
He brushed the dust off his jacket.
他刷掉了夹克上的灰尘。
The cat brushed against my leg.
猫蹭过我的腿。
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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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brush 里藏着 rush（冲）——拿起刷子一冲一刷，刷牙、涂刷、拂去灰尘全靠它。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常个人护理、家居清洁、绘画或涂抹 brush 作动词时通常指用刷子进行的清洁、梳理或涂抹等具体动作，属于中性常用词；口语和一般书面语中都比较自然，多用于日常场景。
作及物动词时意为'刷'，作不及物动词时意为'擦过，掠过'。
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