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

• The foaming waves chafe against the rocky shore.
  汹涌的波涛猛烈地冲击着礁岸。
• You might chafe under restrictions and responsibilities that you have for others, and this feeling makes you want to rebel or be free of whatever ties you down.
  你可能不满于受束缚，因对别人的责任而感到焦躁，这样，你产生逆反心理，想摆脱束缚。
• 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 stiff collar may chafe your neck.
  硬衣领可以磨痛您的脖子。
• Don't you think I'd chafe under this uniform?
  你不认为我穿着这制服很烦恼么？
• Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.
  让我们每个人都飞到高处吧，并且熟悉到这一点：有些可能会令我们生气的约束，实际上是帮助我们攀升和实现愿看的平衡力。
• Why didn't he chafe and become restless?
  为什么他没有气急败坏，坐立不安呢？
• 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。
• Soon, declining living standards will also begin to chafe, and Russians will start asking why they are suddenly so much worse off.
  生活水平不断下降很快也会产生影响，俄罗斯人将开始质问，为何他们的生活境况突然变得这么差。
• He was chafing under the company's new ownership.
  他在新老板的手下工作得很不开心。