flush

• n. 激動，洋溢；麵紅；萌芽；旺盛；奔流
• vt. 使齊平；發紅，使發亮；用水衝洗；使激動
• vi. 發紅，臉紅；奔湧；被衝洗
• adj. 大量的；齊平的；豐足的，洋溢的；揮霍的

擬聲詞，模仿衝洗奔流的聲音，詞義與flash出現重合。由流出引申詞義水平，同高。同花順義來自拉丁語fluere, 流動，流暢，詞源同fluent.

flush

flush: see flux

flush (v.1)

mid-13c., flusshen "move rapidly or violently; rush, dart, spring" (intransitive); late 15c., flush up, transitive, "cause to fly; start or flush (birds)," perhaps imitative of the sound of beating wings.

The sense of "spurt, rush out suddenly, flow with force" (1540s, usually of water) probably is the same word, with the connecting notion being "sudden movement," but its senses seem more to fit the older ones of flash (v.), now all transferred to this word except in flash flood, via its variant flushe. OED considers this probably not connected to Old French flux. Transitive sense "cause to flow" is from 1590s.

Meaning "cleanse (a drain, etc.) with a rush of water" is from 1789. Of the face, "become suffused with warm color," from 1680s (flushed). Sense of "inflame with pride or passion" as a result of success, victory, etc., is from 1630s; perhaps influenced in sense by flesh (v). Related: Flushed; flushing.

flush (adj.)

1550s, "perfect, faultless;" c. 1600, "abundantly full," also "full of life or spirit," also "plentifully supplied" (with money, etc.), perhaps from flush (v.1) through the notion of a river running full, hence level with its banks. Meaning "even, level" is from 1620s, originally of ship's decks. In general use by 1791; in typography, 1900; in pugilism, 1812.

flush (n.)

The section of entries for the various flushes in Century Dictionary opens with a caveat:

The several words spelled flush, being mostly dialectal, colloquial, or technical, and scantily recorded in early literature, have become partly confused with one another, and cannot now be entirely disentangled. Words originally different have acquired some meanings very nearly identical, while on the other hand there are some meanings not obviously related which are, nevertheless, to be referred to one original.

Weekley calls it "A very puzzling word." Sense of "a rush of water" in a stream (1520s), is probably from flush (v.1). From this likely come the extended senses "rush of emotion or passion" (1610s); "a sudden shooting up" (1773); "act of cleansing (a drain) by flushing" (1883); "glow of light or color" (especially sudden redness in the face), 1620s. Independently from the verb, probably, is the noun sense of "a flight of birds suddenly started up" (1590s).

The meaning "hand of cards all of one suit" (1520s) is of uncertain origin, perhaps formed on the model of Middle French flus (15c.), from Old French flux, flus "a flowing, rolling" (see flux), which, in common with its Italian cognate flusso, is said to have once had a sense of "a run" of cards. The form in English probably was influenced by flush (v.1).

flush (v.2)

"make even or level," 1842, from flush (adj.).

flush (adv.)

"directly, straight," 1700, from flush (adj.).

1. Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?

你常出汗或是臉上常發燙嗎？

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2. If we're feeling flush we'll probably give them champagne.

等我們有錢了就可能會給他們喝香檳。

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3. Water is ideal to flush the kidneys and the urinary tract.

用水清洗腎髒和尿道最理想不過。

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4. She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet.

她讓蒂娜把藥丸扔進馬桶裏衝走。

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5. Flush the eye with clean cold water for at least 15 minutes.

用幹淨冷水衝洗眼睛至少15分鍾。

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