brush

fırça

Saç veya yünü düzeltmek için kullanılan, çok sayıda sert kıl ya da ince plastik çıkıntısı olan alet.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A tool with many thin stiff hairs or plastic pieces, used to tidy hair or wool.

• Where is my hair brush?
• She used a brush to smooth her hair.
• This brush removes loose wool from the fleece.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: hair brush, wool brush, soft brush, paint brush

karşılaşma, kısa deneyim

Genellikle hoş olmayan veya tehlikeli bir şeyi kısa süreliğine yaşama.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A short experience of something, often something unpleasant or dangerous.

• She had a brush with death.
• His brush with the law changed his attitude.
• A brief brush with fame left her uncomfortable.

Nasıl kullanılır: a brush with something (He had a brush with death during the storm.)

Eş anlamlılar: encounter, experience

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: brush with death, brush with the law, brief brush with something

fırçalamak

Bir şeyi fırça kullanarak temizlemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To clean something using a tool with many stiff hairs or thin plastic pieces.

• I brush my teeth every morning.
• She brushed her muddy boots before coming inside.
• Have you brushed your teeth yet?

Eş anlamlılar: clean, scrub

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: brush your teeth, brush your shoes, brush something clean

silkelemek, süpürmek

Elin veya bir temizlik aracının hızlı hareketiyle bir şeyi üzerinden atmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To remove something with a quick movement of your hand or a cleaning tool.

• Brush the crumbs off the table.
• She brushed snow from her coat.
• He brushed away the dust with his sleeve.

Nasıl kullanılır: brush something off something (He brushed the dust off his jacket.); brush something away (She brushed the crumbs away with her hand.)

Eş anlamlılar: sweep, wipe

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: brush something off, brush something away, brush aside something

hafifçe dokunmak, sürtünmek

Yanından geçerken veya üzerinde hareket ederken bir şeye hafifçe dokunmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To touch something lightly while moving past it or across it.

• Her fingers brushed my arm.
• A branch brushed against his face.
• She brushed past us without speaking.

Nasıl kullanılır: brush against someone/something (Her sleeve brushed against my hand.); brush past someone/something (He brushed past me in the doorway.)

Eş anlamlılar: graze, touch

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: brush against something, brush past someone, brush someone’s cheek