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A brush-off is rude or cold behaviour that says, without kindness, “I do not want to talk to you; I am not interested.” If you ask someone out and they answer with two words and walk away, they gave you the brush-off. It can be a short reply, a look, or not answering a message.
A brush-off is rude or cold behaviour brush-off是一種粗魯或冷淡的行為 that says, without kindness, 'I do not want to talk to you; I am not interested.'毫不客氣地表達「我不想跟你講話；我沒興趣」 If you ask someone out and they answer with two words and walk away如果你約某人出去，對方只回兩個字就走掉 they gave you the brush-off那他們就是給了你brush-off It can be a short reply, a look, or not answering a message它可以是一句簡短的回應、一個眼神，或是不回訊息
The picture behind the word is brushing lint off a coat — you sweep the person away as if they were dust.
The picture behind the word is brushing lint off a coat這個字背後的畫面是把外套上的棉絮刷掉 you sweep the person away as if they were dust你把那個人像灰塵一樣揮開
It is informal. Friends use it; news may use it too. You give someone the brush-off, or you get the brush-off.
It is informal它是非正式用語 Friends use it; news may use it too朋友之間會用；新聞也可能用 You give someone the brush-off, or you get the brush-off你可以give someone the brush-off，也可以get the brush-off
Though actually, a polite “no, thank you” is not a brush-off. A brush-off feels like you were pushed aside, not just refused.
Though actually不過其實 a polite 'no, thank you' is not a brush-off有禮貌地說'no, thank you'不算brush-off A brush-off feels like you were pushed asidebrush-off給人的感覺是被推到一邊 not just refused而不只是被拒絕而已
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
brush-offnoun
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An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.
- A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.
- For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。