Bushed: 迷路的；精疲力尽的
“镇子的四周是一片名副其实的丛林。到处都缠绕着葡萄藤和爬山虎--盘上了桩柱，爬满了房顶，攀附着墙壁。……”这是小说《荆棘鸟》中一段典型的澳大利亚景物描写，今天我们谈的“bushed”（疲惫不堪的；迷路的）就源于这些密密丛丛的灌木丛林。
词源学记载，bushed（疲惫不堪的）源于19世纪的澳大利亚英语表达“to be lost in the bush”（在丛林中迷路），Bush在这里指“灌木丛”。在澳洲，有大片偏僻的、不着边际的丛林地带，想象一下，假若您不小心步入其中迷了方向，您会怎么着？除非有很好的心理素质，否则为了寻出一条出路，要不了多久您就会被折磨得筋疲力尽、慌乱异常。 举个例子，You look bushed. （你看起来很疲倦。）
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