mush

mush1
[mʌʃ]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. a soft, wet, pulpy mass
    浆状物,烂糊状东西;软块
    she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves.
    她费力地走过腐烂的落叶。
    [count noun]the flowers had been flattened into a sodden pink mush.
    花儿已被压碎成了湿漉漉的粉红色软泥。
    ■(figurative)feeble or cloying sentimentality
    (喻)感情脆弱;过分的多愁善感;感情过分外露
    the film's not just romantic mush.
    这电影并非只是缠绵悱恻而已。
  2. [count noun](Brit. informal)a person's mouth or face
    (英,非正式)嘴;脸
  3. (N. Amer.)thick maize porridge
    (北美)玉米粥
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. mushed]reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass
    使成烂糊状,把…弄烂,把…碾碎
    a cake combining layers of mushed prune and pastry.
    由一层层李子酱和面层组成的蛋糕。
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (in sense 3): apparently a variant of mash

mush2
[mʌʃ]
(N. Amer.)(北美)
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction]go on a journey across snow with a dog sled
    驾狗拉雪橇作雪地旅行
    Sepala mushed through the land of the midnight sun.
    赛帕拉乘着狗拉雪橇通过白夜地区。
    ■[with obj.]urge on (the dogs) during such a journey
    (雪地旅行)赶着(狗)前进
exclamation
  1. a command urging on dogs during such a journey
    快走(对拉雪橇狗的吆喝)
noun
  1. a journey across snow with a dog sled
    驾狗拉雪橇的旅行
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: probably an alteration of French marchez! or marchons!, imperatives of marcher 'to advance'

mush3
[mʊʃ]
noun
  1. (Brit.)used as an informal term of address
    (英)[非正式称呼]老兄,老弟,朋友
    what you doing round here, mush?.
    你在这里干什么,老弟?。
语源
  1. 1930s: of unknown origin
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