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单词 to rub away
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to rub away
to rub away
transitive. To remove by rubbing; also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by rubbing
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a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 123 (MED) Þe..dedes of sinne þat euer he did..wil apere before his iȝen vnto þe tyme..þat..he haue..rubbid hem awey.
a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 2275 Þat whils scho rubes a-wey þe rust Þe vessel fal not alto dust.
a1586 G. Douglas Conscience 14 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I [They] thocht at sciens was our lang ane laip; The sci away fast can thay rub and scraip.
1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 30 After your exercise haue a care to cause rubbe away the sweate in a warme chamber with dry warme linnings.
1767 A. Yonge Husbandman's Compan. 30 Thrust your hand into the beast's mouth, and if there be any blister risen, or the palate fallen, rub the one away, and put up the other.
1893 J. Ashby-Sterry Naughty Girl vi [She] tried to rub her tears away with the back of her hand.
1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 84 The outside horny periostracum which is very thin and can easily be rubbed away.
2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons v. i. 416 Dark oiled leather, worn walnut, steel with the bluing rubbed away from much handling.
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