/bʊʃ; buʃ/
n
1 [C]
(a) low thickly-growing plant with several woody stems coming up from the root; shrub （有几个茎的）灌木
*a rose bush 蔷薇丛
* gooseberry bushes 醋栗树丛. Cf 参看 tree.
(b) thing resembling this, esp a clump of hair or fur 类似灌木之物（尤指蓬乱的毛发或皮毛）.
2 (often 常作 the bush) [U] wild uncultivated land, esp in Africa, Australia and (with forests) Canada 荒野（尤指非洲、澳洲以及加拿大森林地区未开发的地方）.
3 (idm 习语) beat about the bush => beat1. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush => bird.

n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: bos, bosc 'wood']
a plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground
→tree, shrub shrub
　a rose bush
　The child was hiding in the bushes.
the bush
wild country that has not been cleared, especially in Australia or Africa
a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair
→beat about the bushatbeat¹ (14)