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 bushing Bush \
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 .
[
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3 .
A shrub cut off ,
or a shrublike branch of a tree ;
as ,
bushes to support pea vines .
[
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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 .
[
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5 . (
Hunting )
The tail ,
or brush ,
of a fox .
[
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{
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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