flush

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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flush1 /flʌʃ/ ●○○ verb  1  become red 变红 [intransitive]EMBARRASSED to become red in the face, for example when you are angry or embarrassed 〔生气或尴尬时〕脸红 SYN blush Susan flushed deeply and looked away. 苏珊脸涨得通红，目光转向别处。 He flushed angrily. 他气得满脸通红。flush red/crimson/scarlet Robyn felt her cheeks flush scarlet. 萝宾感觉自己的两颊涨得通红。flush with Mrs Cooper flushed with indignation. 库珀太太愤怒得涨红了脸。2  toilet 抽水马桶 [intransitive, transitive]DHT if you flush a toilet, or if it flushes, you make water go through it to clean it 冲洗（抽水马桶） Why do children never remember to flush the loo? 小孩子为什么从来都不记得冲马桶？ She flushed the rest of her drink down the toilet. 她把剩下的酒倒进抽水马桶里冲走了。3  clean STH 清洁某物 [transitive]DHC to force water through a pipe in order to clean it 冲洗flush something through something They flush clean water through the pipes once a day. 他们每天都用干净的水冲洗一次管子。4 flush somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb a) to make someone leave a place where they are hiding 把〔某人从隐匿处〕驱赶出来 The government is determined to flush out the terrorists. 政府决心把恐怖分子从藏身之处赶出来。b) to clean something by forcing water through it 把…冲洗干净 The heating system needs to be flushed out once a year. 供暖系统每年得清洗一次。 Drinking water helps flush out toxins from the body. 饮水有助于清除体内毒素。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

flush• Through the end of July, the high-tech toilets have flushed 359,431 times.• You can practically hear the toilets flushing.• I can't get the toilet to flush.• To get rid of it you usually need to remove the radiator so you can flush it out.• Drinking water after exercise flushes out the wastes released from the muscles.• Drink at least eight glasses of water a day to flush out your system.• People who neglect to flush public toilets may be fined.• Deep watering flushes salts from the soil around the plant's roots.• Flushing slightly, Lesley looked away.• Each washing machine cycle, for example, takes a staggering 90 litres, while flushing the toilet uses another nine.• If the system started to drift away from the requirements of a coral reef, Gomez would flush the trays.• Afraid the water-table will go down if we flush them all at once?flush with• Make sure that the cupboard is flush with the wall.

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flush2 noun  1  redness on face 脸红 [singular]CC a red colour that appears on your face when you are angry or embarrassed 〔因生气或尴尬而引起的〕脸红，潮红 SYN blush His words brought a warm flush to her face. 他那番话讲得她脸红发烫。 → hot flush2  FEELINGS 情感a flush of anger/embarrassment/excitement etc FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCa sudden feeling of anger, embarrassment etc 一阵愤怒/尴尬/兴奋等 SYN surge She felt a sudden flush of anger. 她突然感到一阵愤怒。3  toilet 抽水马桶 [countable] a) the part of a toilet that cleans it with a sudden flow of water 冲洗装置 The flush isn’t working properly. 抽水马桶的冲洗装置有故障。 b) the act of cleaning a toilet by forcing water through it 冲洗4. DGCcards 牌 [countable] a set of cards that someone has in a card game that are all of the same suit 〔纸牌戏中的〕同花牌5  the first flush of youth/manhood BEGINNINGthe beginning of a period of time when you are young etc 青春初期/成年之初 a group of adolescent boys in the first flush of manhood 一群刚刚步入成年的青春期男孩6  a flush of something a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time 〔同时发生或到来的〕大批某物 The spring brings a flush of young animals to the farm. 春天给农场带来了许许多多的动物幼崽。

Examples from the Corpus

flush• Britain now, on the international stage, is a busted flush.• And what young man is beyond such indulgences in the early flush of being the recipient of a woman such as Marie-Claude?• Pick off just the first flush of flowers from the ever-bearing kinds.• I see the rictus and an entirely gratuitous glowing flush on her throat.• The hectic flush on Isabel's face gradually faded as she watched fitzAlan leave.• The total number of flushes to date is 202,063, with one in five a freebie.• The average toilet uses 5 gallons of water per flush.• It doesn't contain water, but makes an authentic-sounding flush.• The flush of the olive cheek.flush3 adjective  1  FLATif two surfaces are flush, they are at exactly the same level, so that the place where they meet is flat 在同一平面上的，齐平的flush with Make sure that the cupboard is flush with the wall. 要确保碗橱与墙面齐平。2  [not before noun] informalRICH if someone is flush, they have plenty of money to spend 很有钱的，富有的 I’m feeling flush at the moment. 我这阵子感觉很宽裕。

Examples from the Corpus

flush• Alan gives his wife fifty dollars a week, or a little more if he's flush• Jamie has $600 saved; Adam isn't quite so flush.• If either of these apply, then it probably makes sense to buy a replacement while you are still feeling relatively flush.• Only a few months ago university freshers started student life feeling quite flush.• Larry felt flush and well fed, a little tipsy, all the right things.• A flush door will have a block of wood inserted at a convenient point so there's something solid to cut into.• New openings Transform plain flush doors into elegant features without hanging new ones.• I'll buy the drinks, I'm feeling flush just now.• She was carvel-built with flush planks, and - as a piècederésistance - she sported a woman's bust as a figurehead.• Thus, in the bowels of the flush toilet we see the archetype for all autonomous mechanical creatures.From Longman Business Dictionaryflushflush /flʌʃ/ adjective1be flush (with cash/funds) informal to have a lot of money at a particular timeSingapore’s savings rate is so high that the banks are flush with funds.The group is flush and has been making more acquisitions.2be flushed with/by success to be very successful, and keen to achieve more successFlushed by success in selling homes in the slump, developers now plan to do the same in the commercial property sector.3a busted flush informal a complete failureYou can get a dealer who is a busted flush at 30.Origin flush1 (1200-1300) Probably from Latin fluxus; → FLUX flush3 (1500-1600) Probably from → FLUSH1

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flush¹ /flʌʃ/ noun1.  REDNESS ON FACE  [singular] a red colour that appears on your face when you are angry or embarrassed
   SYN  blush:
    His words brought a warm flush to her face. ⇨ hot flush
2.  FEELINGS a flush of anger/embarrassment/excitement etc a sudden feeling of anger, embarrassment etc
   SYN  surge:
    She felt a sudden flush of anger.
3.  TOILET  [countable]
  a. the part of a toilet that cleans it with a sudden flow of water:
    The flush isn’t working properly.
  b. the act of cleaning a toilet by forcing water through it
4.  CARDS  [countable] a set of cards that someone has in a card game that are all of the same suit
5. the first flush of youth/manhood the beginning of a period of time when you are young etc:
    a group of adolescent boys in the first flush of manhood
6. a flush of something a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time:
    The spring brings a flush of young animals to the farm.

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flush² verb
1.  BECOME RED  [intransitive] to become red in the face, for example when you are angry or embarrassed
   SYN  blush:
    Susan flushed deeply and looked away.
    He flushed angrily.
    flush red/crimson/scarlet
    Robyn felt her cheeks flush scarlet.
    flush with
    Mrs Cooper flushed with indignation.
2.  TOILET  [intransitive and transitive] if you flush a toilet, or if it flushes, you make water go through it to clean it:
    Why do children never remember to flush the loo?
    She flushed the rest of her drink down the toilet.
3.  CLEAN SOMETHING  [transitive] to force water through a pipe in order to clean it
    flush something through something
    They flush clean water through the pipes once a day.
     
flush somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
  1. to make someone leave a place where they are hiding:
    The government is determined to flush out the terrorists.
  2. to clean something by forcing water through it:
    The heating system needs to be flushed out once a year.
    Drinking water helps flush out toxins from the body.

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flush³ adjective1. if two surfaces are flush, they are at exactly the same level, so that the place where they meet is flat
    flush with
    Make sure that the cupboard is flush with the wall.
2. [not before noun] informal if someone is flush, they have plenty of money to spend:
    I’m feeling flush at the moment.