Word · Frequency #3418
brushing
刷；刷牙
brushing is the present participle of brush.
To clean something using a brush, especially one's teeth.
- 1.
To clean with a brush.
用刷子清洁。
- 2.
To untangle or arrange with a brush.
用刷子理顺或整理。
- 3.
To apply with a brush.
用刷子涂抹。
- 4.
To remove with a sweeping motion.
拂去。
- 5.
To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
轻扫或轻擦。
- 6.
To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
刷牙。
梳；梳理；涂；刷；拂去；掸掉；轻擦；擦过；用刷子清洁。
In use
She brushes her teeth twice a day.
He brushed the dust off his jacket.
The cat brushed against my leg.
Verb forms
base brush · third person brushes · -ing brushing · past brushed · past participle brushed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- brush your teeth
- 刷牙
- You should brush your teeth after every meal.你应该每顿饭后刷牙。
- brush your hair
- 梳理头发
- She brushed her hair until it was shiny.她一直梳头，直到头发发亮。
- brush something off
- 拂去；掸掉
- She brushed the crumbs off the table.她把桌上的面包屑拂掉了。
- brush something on
- 用刷子涂上；刷上
- Brush on a thin layer of paint.刷上一层薄薄的油漆。
- brush against something
- 轻轻擦过；碰到
- The cat brushed against my leg.猫轻轻蹭过我的腿。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时意为'刷'，作不及物动词时意为'擦过，掠过'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with brush: they share the final /ʌʃ/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes like push /pʊʃ/ and bush /bʊʃ/, which end in 'ush' but are pronounced with /ʊ/, not /ʌ/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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