lush

Word family

Related topics: Plants, Gardening

lush1 /lʌʃ/ adjectiveadj

1 HBPDLGplants that are lush grow many leaves and look healthy and strong 〔植物〕茂盛的，繁茂的，郁郁葱葱的

a lush green mountainous island

草木茂盛苍翠、山峦起伏的岛

The fields were lush with grass and flowers.

田野里花草繁茂。

2 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGvery beautiful, comfortable, and expensive 华丽舒适的；豪华的 SYN luxurious

lush carpets

华丽的地毯

3 lush music has a lot of pleasant-sounding instruments or voices together 〔音乐〕悦耳动听的

lush vocal harmonies

悦耳的和声

4 informal very attractive or nice – used especially by young people 漂亮的；吸引人的〔尤为年轻人所用〕

He looks so lush in this pic!

他在这张照片里真帅！

Examples from the Corpus

lush• Mist ferns daily with plastic spray bottle to keep them green and lush.• It was green, lush and luxuriant, ringed by the mountains with snowy peaks.• lush fabrics• a lush garden• First, we need a long, warm, unbroken growing season to provide a plentiful diet of lush herbage.• The famous walls and ramparts of the city, now surround lush lawns and leafy trees.• Similarly, Colescott paints big, lush narrative acrylics on canvas, hard-hitting narrative works that travel across time and history.• They have lush stands of elm trees and will require minimal leveling.

lush2 noun [countableC]

informalMIDRUNK an alcoholic 酒鬼，醉汉

Examples from the Corpus

lush• This is a film to make you feel fabulous about being a lush.• See, the dude is a lush and we give him time to get mellow.• It sketches the usual story of Meurent, the model who dabbled in painting, who was a lush and promiscuous.• What are you drinking, you big lush?• You'll see her sitting at the bar all day. She's a real lush.• This lush, seething insularity-what am I supposed to be learning, what are the lessons here?

Origin lush1

(1400-1500) Perhaps from Old French lache “soft, loose”

lush2

(1700-1800) Perhaps from → LUSH1

lush1 adjectiveadjlush2 noun

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