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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • n. / v. 脸红; 奔流, 冲洗
  • [英] n. / v. 脸红 ( to become red in the face; blush) ; 奔流, 冲洗 ( to flow and spread suddenly and rapidly)
  • [记] 和blush ( 脸红) 一起记, flush 作为""冲洗""一义, 可能来自flow ( 流动) 一词的变体

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I. verb

  • Etymology: Middle English flusshen
  • Date: 13th century
  • intransitive verb
    • to fly away suddenly
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to cause (as a bird) to flush
    • 2. to expose or chase from a place of concealment <flushed the boys from their hiding place>

II. noun

  • Etymology: Middle French flus, fluz, from Latin fluxus flow, flux
  • Date: circa 1529
  • 1. a hand of playing cards all of the same suit; specifically a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence — see poker illustration
  • 2. a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope

III. noun

  • Etymology: perhaps modification of Latin fluxus
  • Date: 1529
  • 1. a sudden flow (as of water); also a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water
  • 2.
    • a. a sudden increase or expansion; especially sudden and usually abundant new plant growth <the spring flush of grass>
    • b. a surge of emotion <felt a flush of anger at the insult>
  • 3.
    • a. a tinge of red ; blush
    • b. a fresh and vigorous state <in the first flush of womanhood>
  • 4. a transitory sensation of extreme heat — compare hot flash

IV. verb

  • Date: 1548
  • intransitive verb
    • 1. to flow and spread suddenly and freely
    • 2.
      • a. to glow brightly
      • b. blush
    • 3. to produce new growth <the plants flush twice during the year>
  • transitive verb
    • 1.
      • a. to cause to flow
      • b. to pour liquid over or through; especially to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid <flush the toilet><flush the lungs with air>
    • 2. inflame, excite — usually used passively<flushed with pride>
    • 3. to cause to blush

V. adjective

  • Date: circa 1568
  • 1.
    • a. of a ruddy healthy color
    • b. [trn] full of life

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