flushing

IPA/flʌʃ/
KK[flˈʌʃɪŋ]IPA/flʌʃ/

flushing — 動詞

  • flushingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • flushings3rd person singular
  • flushinging-ing form
  • flushingedpast simple

1. When your face becomes red because you feel embarrassed, hot, or have had too mu

1.動詞不及物B1
釋義

臉紅

因情緒或酒精而臉部發紅

When your face becomes red because you feel embarrassed, hot, or have had too much alcohol to drink.

例句

Saira flushed with embarrassment when she spilled coffee on the manager's desk.

Saira 不小心把咖啡灑在經理桌上，頓時尷尬得臉紅。

flush with embarrassment

Anjali's cheeks flushed bright red after she ran up three flights of stairs.

Anjali 一口氣跑上三層樓，臉頰漲得通紅。

同義詞
  • blush

    more specific — blushing is always from embarrassment or shyness, while flushing also covers heat and alcohol

  • redden

    more neutral and less common in everyday speech; can apply to any reddening of skin, not just the face

反義詞
  • pale

    to become whiter or lighter in skin colour, often from fear or illness

文法句型

flush + (adverb of cause)

用法筆記

This sense is intransitive only — you flush, not 'flush something'. Common causes are shame, heat, exercise, or alcohol. The colour is most visible on light skin, but speakers use the verb for anyone whose face reddens due to blood flow.

常見錯誤

❌She flushed the colour onto her face.
✅Her face flushed red.
💡'flush' in this sense is intransitive and does not take a direct object.

2. To make water flow through a toilet bowl, cleaning it and moving the waste away,

2.動詞及物 / 不及物A2
釋義

沖水

按壓馬桶讓水流沖洗

To make water flow through a toilet bowl, cleaning it and moving the waste away, or (of a toilet) to be cleaned in this way.

例句

Daniel flushed the toilet and then washed his hands at the sink.

Daniel 沖了馬桶，然後在洗手台洗手。

flush the toilet — transitive use

The toilet in the apartment won't flush because the pipe is blocked.

公寓裡的馬桶因為水管堵塞，沒辦法沖水。

toilet flushes — intransitive use

同義詞
  • flush down

    phrasal verb emphasising disposal, e.g. 'flush down the toilet'

文法句型

flush + noun (the toilet)

noun (toilet) + flushes

用法筆記

This sense works both ways: you flush a toilet (transitive) and a toilet flushes (intransitive). In everyday speech 'flush' alone often implies the toilet — 'Did you flush?' means 'Did you flush the toilet?'

常見錯誤

❌I flushed the water.
✅I flushed the toilet.
💡The object is the toilet or the handle, not the water.

3. To drop something unwanted into the toilet bowl and push the handle so that flow

3.動詞及物A2
釋義

沖掉

將物品丟入馬桶用水沖走

To drop something unwanted into the toilet bowl and push the handle so that flowing water takes it into the plumbing system.

例句

Shirin flushed the expired medicine down the toilet as the label instructed.

Shirin 按照藥袋指示，把過期的藥沖進馬桶裡。

flush + object + down the toilet

The sign says never to flush wet wipes because they block the pipes.

告示上說千萬不要把濕紙巾沖進馬桶，否則會堵塞水管。

同義詞
  • dispose of

    more general — can mean throwing away in any way, not just via the toilet

文法句型

flush + noun + down + the + toilet / drain

用法筆記

Unlike the general toilet sense (sense 2), this sense specifically focuses on disposing of an object via the toilet or drain. The object is the thing being thrown away, not the toilet itself.

常見錯誤

❌I flushed the toilet with the letter.
✅I flushed the letter down the toilet.
💡The object of disposal goes between 'flush' and 'down the toilet'.

flushing — 名詞