chafe

英 [tʃeɪf]

美 [tʃeɪf]

v.  擦痛; 擦得红肿; (尤指因受限制而)恼怒，烦恼，焦躁

过去式：chafed　现在分词：chafing　过去分词：chafed　第三人称单数：chafes　复数：chafes　

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BNC.20732 / COCA.15894

牛津词典

verb

• 擦痛；擦得红肿
  if skin chafes , or if sth chafes it, it becomes sore because the thing is rubbing against it
  1. Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
     她的手腕上绳子勒过的地方都磨红了。
  2. The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
     衣领特别紧，把她脖子磨痛了。
• （尤指因受限制而）恼怒，烦恼，焦躁
  to feel annoyed and impatient about sth, especially because it limits what you can do
  1. He soon chafed at the restrictions of his situation.
     他很快便因为处处受到限制而感到恼火。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (皮肤)擦破；（使）擦伤
  If your skinchafesoris chafedby something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
  1. My shorts were chafing my thighs...
     我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。
  2. She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn't chafe his skin into sores...
     她帮他翻了个身，免得他生褥疮。
  3. His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them...
     他的手腕开始被捆绑的布带磨得很痛。
  4. The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
     送信人弯下腰来，挠着膝部被绑腿磨红的地方。
• VERB (因…)生气，恼怒
  If youchafe atsomething such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it.
  1. He had chafed at having to take orders from another...
     他对于不得不听命于人很恼火。
  2. He was chafing under the company's new ownership.
     他在新老板的手下工作得很不开心。

英英释义

noun

• anger produced by some annoying irritation
  Synonym:annoyancevexation
• soreness and warmth caused by friction
  1. he had a nasty chafe on his knee

verb

• warm by rubbing, as with the hands
• cause friction
  1. my sweater scratches
  Synonym:rubfrayfretscratch
• tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
  1. This leash chafes the dog's neck
  Synonym:excoriate
• cause annoyance in
  1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
  Synonym:annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarknettlegravelvexdevil
• feel extreme irritation or anger
  1. He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation
• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  Synonym:gallfret

双语例句

• My shorts were chafing my thighs
  我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。
• Vaseline, lanolin, bag balm or other grease can be used to prevent chafe marks.
  凡士林，羊脂膏，香袋油或其他唇膏油脂可用于防止擦伤。
• While transformational chief executives and management consultants chafe at the resistance they encounter, the problem is not just the lethargy of subordinates and the scale of their personal investment in established processes.
  尽管心向革新的首席执行官和管理顾问对遭遇的抵制感到恼火，但问题不仅仅在于下属们的慵懒懈怠以及他们对既定流程已投入个人努力的大小。
• Now she was beginning to chafe at the obligations this life imposed.
  现在她已开始对这种生活向她索取的代价感到焦躁。
• The poor chafe at inequality, corruption, environmental ruin and land-grabs by officials.
  穷人们为不平等，腐败，环境污染以及土地被掠夺而恼怒。
• Would players chafe at the new inequality?
  玩家会因为新的不平等而感到愤怒吗？
• Accompany with good quality woollen socks that do not chafe.
  搭配质量好的羊毛袜子，这样不会擦伤双脚。
• When I start to chafe at the limitations life imposes, I think of that little boy and his indomitable enthusiasm.
  每当我对生活强加于身的种种限制感到心烦意乱时，就会想起那个小男孩和他不屈不挠的热情。
• Dick was so anxious to go on that even the short delay caused him to chafe at the bit.
  迪克那么迫切希望继续下去，即使短暂的耽搁也使他感到焦躁不安。
• The stiff collar may chafe your neck.
  硬衣领可以磨痛您的脖子。