chafe
verb /tʃeɪf/
/tʃeɪf/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they chafe | /tʃeɪf/ /tʃeɪf/ |
he / she / it chafes | /tʃeɪfs/ /tʃeɪfs/ |
past simple chafed | /tʃeɪft/ /tʃeɪft/ |
past participle chafed | /tʃeɪft/ /tʃeɪft/ |
-ing form chafing | /ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/ /ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if skin chafes, or if something chafes it, it becomes painful because the thing is rubbing against it
擦痛;擦得红肿 - Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
她的手腕上给绳子勒过的地方都磨红了。 - chafe something The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
衣领特别紧,把她脖子擦痛了。
- Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
- [intransitive] chafe (at/under something) (formal) to feel annoyed and impatient about something, especially because it limits what you can do
(尤指因受限制而)恼怒,烦恼,焦躁 - 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。 - Young people often go through a phase of chafing under parental control.
在父母的控制下,年轻人经常会经历一段愤怒的时期。
- He soon chafed at the restrictions of his situation.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘make warm’): from Old French chaufer ‘make hot’, based on Latin calefacere, from calere ‘be hot’ + facere ‘make’.