flush
- IPA[flʌʃ]
英式
- (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion；make red and hot
- a reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion；an area of warm colour or light
verb: flush, 3rd person present: flushes, gerund or present participle: flushing, past tense: flushed, past participle: flushed
noun: flush, plural noun: flushes
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion Rachel flushed angrily 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ make red and hot a wave of colour flushed his cheeks
- ▪ glow or cause to glow with warm colour or light the sky was flushed with the gold of dawn
- 2. cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it she flushed the loo the nurse flushed out the catheter
- ▪ (of a toilet) be cleansed by flushing Cally heard the toilet flush
- ▪ remove or dispose of (an object or substance) by flushing I flushed the pills down the lavatory the kidneys require more water to flush out waste products 同義詞
- ▪ cause (a liquid) to flow through something 0.3 ml of saline is gently flushed through the tube
- 3. drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover the grouse were flushed from the woods 同義詞
- ▪ cause to be revealed; force into the open they're trying to flush him out of hiding
- 4. (of a plant) send out fresh shoots the plant had started to flush by late March
名詞
- 1. a reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion a flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ an area of warm colour or light the bird has a pinkish flush on the breast
- 2. a sudden rush of intense emotion I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm
- ▪ a period when something is new or particularly fresh and vigorous he is no longer in the first flush of youth 同義詞
- ▪ a sudden abundance or spate of something the frogs feast on the great flush of insects
- ▪ a fresh growth of leaves, flowers, or fruit.
- 3. an act of cleansing something, especially a toilet, with a sudden flow of water an old-fashioned toilet uses six or seven gallons a flush
- ▪ the device used for flushing a toilet he pressed the flush absent-mindedly
- ▪ denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device.
- ▪ a sudden flow the melting snow provides a flush of water
- 4. the action of driving an animal or game bird from its cover labradors retrieve the birds after the flush
