bush
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.