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词汇 chafe
释义 chafe
verb
uk /tʃeɪf/ us /tʃeɪf/

chafeverb (RUB)


[ I or T ]
to make skin damaged or sore by rubbing, or to become damaged and sore like this: (使)擦伤;(使)擦破;(使)擦痛
The bracelet was so tight that it started to chafe my wrist.这手镯太紧,把我(的手腕)都擦痛了。
Use a barrier cream to stop running clothes from chafing.
Her skin chafed where the tops of the boots had rubbed her legs.
Synonym
chaff
[ T ]old-fashioned
to warm a part of the body by rubbing: 擦热,摩擦取暖
A servant was chafing his hands by the fire.
She began to chafe my sides to warm me up.
His skin had been chafed by his wetsuit.
The stiff collar of his brand-new uniform chafed his neck.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Scratching and rubbing
abrade
abrasion
buff
chaff
erode
erosive
grate
grind
rasp
rub
rub something down
rubdown
scour
scour something out
scrape
scratch
scuff
smooth
towel
wear (something) away

chafeverb (BE ANNOYED)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to be or become annoyed or lose patience, often because of rules or limits: (因规则或约束)恼火,生气,不耐烦
We have been chafing under petty regulations for too long.我们为琐碎的规章制度而恼火已经很久了。
He chafed at the stuffy formality of the music he was asked to play.
Synonym
chaff
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming angry and expressing anger
(almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
ape
ballistic
bananas
bay for bloodidiom
blow
chip
fume
get bent out of shapeidiom
get your knickers in a twistidiom
give someone evilsidiom
go apeidiom
roof
sharp
splenetically
stew
strop
temper
tempered
throw

Idiom


be chafing at the bit

chafe | American Dictionary


chafe
verb
us/tʃeɪf/

chafeverb (RUB)


[ I/T ]
to make or become damaged or sore by rubbing:
[ T ]That bracelet chafed my wrist.

chafeverb (BE ANNOYED)


[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
to be or become annoyed or lose patience:
Some students chafed at the increased security presence.

Examples of chafe


chafe
I know that to-day he is writhing and chafing at what he considers to be the inadequate methods that have been adopted for destroying the submarine.
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Therefore, it is not only defence that is chafing at national frontiers to-day; industry and technology, the factors which generate wealth and promote prosperity, are displaying a like impatience.
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I have wanted to get something done, and have chafed at the long delay and the great expense in having to listen to every conceivable kind of objector.
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I have no doubt that he is chafing at the fact that he is not able to attend to his responsible duties at this very important period.
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The ceremony is carefully orchestrated by the ship's officers, with some enthusiastic sailors chafing at the degree to which harassment was disallowed.
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He chafed somewhat under military discipline in the battalion, and actually left school for a short while because of this.
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Burchfield was an unflagging advocate for the virtues of watercolors, and chafed at the popular misconception of them as fragile and impermanent.
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Chafe 1994 ties prosodic phenomena such as types of intonation contour to cognitive processes taking place during verbalization.
The most classic length is the mid-calf height that keeps the fenders of a western saddle from chafing the ankle and calf of the rider.
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Another common, running-related injury is chafing, caused by repetitive rubbing of one piece of skin against another, or against an article of clothing.
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In a related case, several other inmates described the way in which the handcuffs burned and chafed their skin during their placement on the post.
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If it had been suspended by the shoulders, its weight would have likely exhausted (and chafed) its wearer.
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He quickly chafes against his surroundings, reading instead of playing with other children, and rejecting the church in favor of atheism at a young age.
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The mind boggles and chafes at the boredom.
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Though compliant, he chafed and built up a grudge that he would never relinquish.
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