flush
noun
verb
adj
flʌʃ noun
1
REDNESS ON FACE
脸红
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; singular 单数
His words brought a warm flush to her face.
他的那番话让她脸红得发烫。
2
FEELINGS
情感
a sudden feeling of anger, embarrassment etc 一阵愤怒/尴尬/兴奋等;
She felt a sudden flush of anger.
她突然感到一阵愤怒。
3
TOILET
抽水马桶
a. the part of a toilet that cleans it with a sudden flow of water b. the act of cleaning a toilet by forcing water through it 〔抽水马桶的〕冲洗 C
The flush isn’t working properly.
抽水马桶的冲洗装置有故障。
4
CARDS
牌
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 C
5
the first flush of youth/manhood
the 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
一群步入成年的青春期男孩
6
a flush of sth
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。
verb
7
BECOME RED
变红
to become red in the face, for example when you are angry or embarrassed 〔生气或尴尬时〕脸红; I
Susan flushed deeply and looked away.
苏珊脸涨得通红,她把眼睛转向了别处。
He flushed angrily .
他气得满脸通红。
flush red/crimson/scarlet
Robyn felt her cheeks flush scarlet.
罗宾感觉自己的两颊涨得通红。
[+ with ]
Mrs Cooper flushed with indignation.
库帕太太愤怒得涨红了脸。
8
TOILET
抽水马桶
if you flush a toilet, or if it flushes, you make water go through it to clean it 冲洗(抽水马桶) I,T
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。
9
CLEAN STH
清洁某物
to force water through a pipe in order to clean it 冲洗 T
flush sth through sth
They flush clean water through the pipes once a day.
他们每天一次用干净的水冲洗管子。
10 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隐匿处赶出来。
11 to clean something by forcing water through it 把…冲洗干净
The heating system needs to be flushed out once a year.
供暖系统每年得冲洗一次。
Drinking water helps flush out toxins from the body.
饮水有助于清除体内毒素。
adj
12 if 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
[+ with ]
Make sure that the cupboard is flush with the wall.
要确保碗橱与墙面齐平。
13 if someone is flush, they have plenty of money to spend [非正式] 很有钱的,富有的 not before noun 不用于名词前 | informal
I’m feeling flush at the moment.
我这阵子感觉很富有。