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

• Lenovo executives privately chafe at the comparison, but the numbers illustrate the new order.
  联想高管私下里对这种对比感到不满，但数据揭示了新秩序。
• The stiff collar may chafe your neck.
  硬衣领可以磨痛您的脖子。
• 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。
• We were all beginning to chafe a little under such close supervision.
  受到这么严密的监督，我们都开始有点焦躁不安。
• 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。
• 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。
• The different circles of music, if they are not Dante's, none the less reveal a prison system in which most fed at ease but whose constraints, on the contrary, painfully chafe others.
  不同的音乐圈子也就像监狱体制一样，绝大多数人在其中感到平安无事，但是他们却对别人进行痛苦的折磨。
• 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。
• He was chafing under the company's new ownership.
  他在新老板的手下工作得很不开心。
• The straps of the backpack were beginning to chafe.
  背包的带子开始磨人。