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

• They chafe at the imprisonment.
  他们因被监禁而恼怒。
• The straps of the backpack were beginning to chafe.
  背包的带子开始磨人。
• Would players chafe at the new inequality?
  玩家会因为新的不平等而感到愤怒吗？
• Why didn't he chafe and become restless?
  为什么他没有气急败坏，坐立不安呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He would not chafe at the absence of routine chores.
  他不需介意无日常事务可处理。
• 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。