| 单词 | chafe |
| 释义 | chafe (tʃeɪf ) Word forms: chafes , chafing , chafed 1. verb If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it. My shorts were chafing my thighs. [VERB noun] She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn't chafe his skin into sores. [VERB noun] His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them. [VERB + against] The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed. [VERB] Synonyms: rub, scratch, scrape, rasp 2. verb [no passive] If you chafe at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. [formal] He had chafed at having to take orders from another. [VERB + at] He was chafing under the company's new ownership. [V + under] Synonyms: be annoyed, rage, fume, be angry |
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