1 [I] (used about a person or his/her face) to go red (指人或脸)变红:
Susan flushed and could not hide her embarrassment.苏珊脸红了,无法掩饰自己的窘态。 [SYN]A more common word is blush. 较常用blush。
2 [T] to clean a toilet by pressing or pulling a handle that sends water into the toilet 冲洗(马桶):
Please remember to flush the toilet.请别忘了冲马桶。
3 [I] (used about a toilet) to be cleaned with a short flow of water (指马桶)放水冲洗:
The toilet won't flush.马桶冲不了水啦。
4 [T] flush sth away, down, etc to get rid of sth in a flow of water 把(某物)冲掉:
You can't flush tea leaves down the sink -- they'll block it.不要把茶叶渣倒在洗涤糟里,要不然会把它堵死的。
flush²
/flʌʃ ||; flʌʃ/noun[C] [usu.sing]
1 a hot feeling or red colour that you have in your face when you are embarrassed, excited, angry, etc (因窘迫、激动、愤怒等而出现的)脸红:
The cold wind brought a flush to our cheeks.寒风把我们的脸颊都吹红了。a flush of anger一阵愤怒
2 the act of cleaning a toilet with a quick flow of water; the system for doing this 冲洗(马桶)