brushy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
    — It [a dormouse] dipped its brushy tail (somewhat resembling that of a fox) into the dish, and carried the milk in this manner to the mouth.
  2. Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby.
    — Throughout much of northern Alaska, tundra is becoming brushier and giving way to forest. As tundra diminishes, animals that depend on it for food or nesting habitat—caribou and many birds—are likely to lose out.

词形变化

brushier comparative brushiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
brushily brushiness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís
Proto-Germanic *burstiz
Frankish *burstibor.
Vulgar Latin *brustia
Old French broissebor.
Middle English brusshe
English brush
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English brushy
From brush + -y.
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