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Related topics: Plants, Gardeningbush /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 Corpusbush• 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”bush nounChinese branches a many Corpus growing with up plant thin from |