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Lush describes plants, gardens, or land that are growing , healthily, and very green — a rainforest is often described as lush. It is also used more loosely for anything that feels rich, comfortable, and luxurious, like 'a lush hotel room.' In British informal English, 'lush' can also just mean something is really good or attractive, like 'that cake looks lush.'
茂盛的;奢華的
原始詞典資料14 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。
Lushname
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A surname.
lushadj詞源 1/ˈlʌʃ/
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Juicy, succulent.
- How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?
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dialectalMellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
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Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
- Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
- Virmire is a lush world located on the frontier of the Attican Traverse. Its vast seas and orbital position on the inner life zone have created a wide equatorial band of humid, tropical terrain.
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Savoury, delicious.
- That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!
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Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
- They rolled into Jane's room a wheeled cart lush with cake and cookies and shrimp and crudités and pop and soda water. The staff was giving us a going-away party for our trip to Seattle; it was good to understand their confidence.
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slangBeautiful, sexy.
- Boys with long hair are lush!
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slangAmazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
- Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
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obsoleteLax; slack; limp; flexible.
lushnoun詞源 2/ˈlʌʃ/
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derogatoryslangA drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
- Overaged and lecherous lushes at office parties profaning the text, music, and meaning of Christmas carols.
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slangIntoxicating liquor.
- I took my flogging like a stone. If I had sung, some of the convicts would have given me some lush with a locust in it (laudanum hocussing), and when I was asleep would have given me a crack on the head that would have laid me straight.
- If your care comes, in the liquor sink it, / Pass along the lush — I'm the boy can drink it.
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slangA person who enjoys talking about themselves.
- Am I humble or am I a lush?
lushadj詞源 2/ˈlʌʃ/
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slangDrunk; inebriated.
- “’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”
lushverb詞源 2/ˈlʌʃ/
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To drink (liquor) to excess.
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。