의미: flush

flush¹ v., n.
━ vi.

1 <얼굴·볼이> 확 붉어지다, 홍조를 띠다, <사람이> 얼굴을 붉히다 《up》; <피가> 상기하다, 달아오르다; <색·빛이> 빛나기 시작하다, <하늘이> 장밋빛이 되다
▶ 《flush+부》 flush up <얼굴 등이> 빨개지다
▶ 《flush+전+명》 He flushed into rage. 그는 얼굴을 붉히며 화를 냈다.
▶ 《flush+보》 Her face flushed red with excitement. 그녀의 얼굴은 흥분으로 홍조를 띠었다.

2 <물이> 왈칵[쏴] 흘러나오다, 쏟아져 나오다
▶ Pull the chain, and the water flushes. 사슬줄을 당기면 물이 쏟아져 나온다.

3 <초목이> 새싹이 트다

4 《미·속어》 시험에 낙제하다
━ vt.

1 [종종 수동형으로] <얼굴 등을> 붉히다
▶ be flushed with anger[shame] 노여움[수치심]으로 새빨개지다

2 <물·액체를> 왈칵 흘리다, 쏟아내리다; <하수도·거리 등을> 물로 씻어 내리다
▶ flush the toilet 화장실 물을 내리다

3 <물 등이> <장소를> 흘러가다; <목장 등에> 물이 넘치게 하다

4 [보통 수동형으로] 흥분[상기]시키다, 의기양양하게 하다, 기세를 돋우다
▶ be flushed with victory 승리로 의기양양해지다

5 《미·속어》 <수업을> 빼먹다; 《미·속어》 <사람을> 따돌리다
Flush it! 《미·속어》 바보 같은 소리 작작해!
flush it in 《미·속어》 …에 실패하다
━ n.

1 (볼 등의) 홍조, 붉힘, 달아오름, 상기
▶ with a flush on one’s face 얼굴을 붉히고

2 (갑작스러운) 증수(增水); 물을 왈칵 쏟음; 물로 씻어 냄; (사람·주문 등의) 쇄도, 급증
▶ a flush of orders 주문 쇄도

3 (감정의) 갑작스런 고양, 흥분, 기고만장

4 (새잎 등의) 싹틈; 새싹

5 [보통 the first flush] 발랄함, 파릇파릇한 빛; (힘의) 왕성함, 한창
in a flush 당황하여, 혼란을 일으켜
in full flush <초목이> 온통 싹이 터서
in the first[full] flush of (triumph) (승리)의 감격에 도취되어

in the first flush 관용구

Busted flush

Someone or something that had great potential but ended up a useless failure is a busted flush.

flush it|flush

v. phr., slang 1. To fail (something). I really flushed it in my math course. 2. interj., used imperatively Expression registering refusal to believe something considered stupid or false. "You expect me to buy that story? Flush it!"

in the flush of

in the flush of
Also, in the first or full flush of. During a sudden rush of a strong positive feeling regarding something, as in In the first flush of victory he decided to take all his friends to dinner. This expression employs flush in the sense of “a bout of emotion or passion.” [c. 1600]

in the aboriginal even of (something)

In the ancient of alpha stages, abnormally back energy, effort, or activity are at their peak. Of advance they're blessed now—they're still in the aboriginal even of marriage! Let's see how they're accomplishing 10 years down the line. The atypical consists of alongside storylines: one follows the advocate in the aboriginal even of adulthood, while the added examines how his bend accept afflicted afterwards a lifetime of acquaintance and hardship.Learn more: first, flush, of

in the aboriginal flush

in a accompaniment of bloom and vigour. The exact origins of flush as a noun are unknown; aboriginal senses allotment the abstraction of a abrupt blitz or affluence of article (e.g. water, advance of grass, or emotion). 1997 Tom Petsinis The French Mathematician A ages ago, in the aboriginal even of enthusiasm…I tackled the archetypal botheration of trisecting an bend application alone a ambit and straightedge. Learn more: first, flush

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