bush

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bush /bʊʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1  HBPDLGa plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground 灌木 → tree, shrub a rose bush 玫瑰丛 The child was hiding in the bushes. 那孩子躲在灌木丛里。 →4  See picture on 见图 Page A4 Country 乡间2. the bush SGwild country that has not been cleared, especially in Australia or Africa 〔尤指澳大利亚或非洲的〕荒野3. a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair 凌乱浓密的头发 → beat about the bush at beat1(14)

Examples from the Corpus

bush• They lay under a bush near the friendly deer.• The forsythia bushes at the back of the santuario yielded a delicate, sweet scent in the dewy air.• a holly bush• Gunships made their chattering runs beside us, and door gunners killed bushes.• Some oldmen hid in the bushes and tackled the newmen as a prank.• I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.Origin bush (1200-1300) Old French bos, bosc “wood”

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bush
bush /bʊʃ/ noun [countable]1. a plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground ⇨ tree, shrub:
    a rose bush
    The child was hiding in the bushes.
2. the bush wild country that has not been cleared, especially in Australia or Africa
3. a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair
⇨ beat about the bush at beat¹(14)

Bush

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Bush, George
(1924–) the 41st President of the US (1989–93). He is remembered especially for promising before his election that he would not increase taxes, using the phrase ‘Read my lips – no new taxes’. But after he became President, he did in fact increase some taxes.

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Bush, George W.
(1946-) the 43rd President of the US (2000–2009). His second electionas President was disputed. He was sttongly criticized for the War in Iraq and for the way he dealt with Hurricane Katrina. He is the son of the former President George Bush.

🔑 bushBrE /bʊʃ/ 🔊NAmE /bʊʃ/ 🔊 noun🔑 [countable] a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root 灌木◆a rose bush玫瑰丛◆holly bushes冬青树丛  ➡  compare tree [countable] a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur 灌木状的东西（尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛） (often the bush) [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia; in New Zealand an area where the forest has not been cleared （尤指非洲和澳大利亚的）荒野；（新西兰未被砍伐的）林区●beat about the ˈbush(BrE) (NAmE beat around the ˈbush) to talk about sth for a long time without coming to the main point 拐弯抹角地讲话；绕圈子◆Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want. 别绕来绕去了，告诉我你想要什么吧。🔊🔊●a bird in the ˈhand is worth two in the ˈbush(saying) it is better to keep sth that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林（满足于现有的总比因过分追求而失去一切好）