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单词 to rub in
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to rub in
to rub in
1. transitive. To apply (an ointment, etc.) by means of continued rubbing.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > salve or anoint > rub in (ointment, etc.)
to rub in1526
1526 Grete Herball cxlv. sig. Iivv/1 Take iuce of plantayne that ye stone emachitas is also rubbed in with the sayde thynges.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 43 He that hath a colde ague..be well anoynted..wyth oyle of Bayes, and oyle of Iuniper of eche lyke muche agaynste a good fyre, that it be well rubbed in.
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. i. 30 For the Farcie..with a knife slit all the knots..and then rubbe in the medicine.
1786 J. Hunter Treat. Venereal Dis. vi. i. 311 He rubbed in..mercurial ointment, and had a slight spitting.
1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 259 Geraldine rubbed it [sc. the liniment] in for an hour.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 859 Chrysarobin is rubbed in for ten minutes.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 36/1 (advt.) You had to help soften the beard by rubbing in the lather.
1976 A. Brink Instant in Wind (1979) 58 The day the snake bit me and the old woman sucked out the poison, rubbing in herbs, reviving me.
2006 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Aug. 190/3 Apply almond oil to clean toenails and rub in using a three-way buffer.
2. transitive. Chiefly Art. To apply (a dry or semi-solid colour) by rubbing; to draw or paint (a picture, a subject) in this way.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > rub in colour
to rub in1658
1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 79 They were rubbed-in with small Cotten-pensills.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 107 Rubbing in the shades with Pastills and dry Compositions.
1787 Trans. Soc. Arts 5 216 Rubbed in with a brickbat or sandy stone.
1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 556 Rub in your crayons according to their proper colours.
1857 J. H. Steggall Real Hist. Suffolk Man (1859) x. 166 To rub in the dead colour, and your own figure more particularly.
1857 J. H. Steggall Real Hist. Suffolk Man (1859) x. 166 And rapidly indeed did the facetious fellow rub me in, and make a good likeness of me.
1882 Good Words 23 604 Here again, while I am out-tackling, Crayon rubs in a few outlines.
1906 F. G. Delamotte Amateur Artist v. 74 As the crayon tints are rubbed in with the finger, it will be necessary..to rub down with paper the rougher parts of the surface.
1990 Country Homes June 109 (caption) The walls have been left plastered and colour rubbed in.
2004 D. Silverman Van Gogh & Gauguin 322 Van Gogh rubbed in the title ‘La Berceuse’ in cursive script over the red paint on the lower right.
3. transitive. Cookery. To work (butter or other fat) into flour or other dry ingredients using the fingers.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > prepare by mixing
mingOE
meddlec1350
compoundc1384
temper1390
mix1482
comfit1483
confect1575
mingle1587
to make up1649
concoct1676
amalgamate1821
to rub in1844
1844 M. E. Rundell New Syst. Domest. Cookery (new ed.) xxi. 217 Mix the soda with the flour, then rub in the butter, after which add the sugar.
1905 E. Tuite Dishes for All Seasons 108 Dry and sift the flour with the baking powder into a basin, rub in the butter, make a hole in the centre, and pour in the milk and water.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 46/3 Sift the flour and salt, add the bran, rub in the shortening.
1959 Home Encycl. 39 Plain Cakes are those made with less than half-a-pound of fat to each pound of flour, and with few eggs. The fat is rubbed in or melted.
2007 BBC Good Food: Vegetarian Summer 12/2 Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl, rub in the butter, add the sugar, then mix in the egg.
4. transitive. slang. To draw attention to or reiterate (something embarrassing or disagreeable), esp. in to rub it in. Cf. to rub a person's nose in it at nose n. Phrases 2g.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding
aggravate1549
accent1595
to lay weight upon1600
emphase1631
circumflect1643
to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653
to set home1656
forestall1657
circumflex1661
signalize1698
to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748
emphasize1793
accentuate1817
stress1845
to rub in1851
to draw out1855
underline1880
punctuate1883
peak1887
underscore1891
to point up1926
1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 146 When it comes to rubbin' it in, I always in gen'rally kinder r'ars up an' won't stan' it.
1870 Western Mail 27 May 3/7Rubbing it in well’ is another well-known phrase amongst the doubtful portion of the constabulary.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix Ye needn't rub it in any more.
1917 N. Munro Jimmy Swan Joy Traveller 183 Brief life is here our portion, as the hymn says, but we needna rub it in to Rachel's friends that even the Thorpes get old and disappear.
1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 16 Sept. in War Diaries (2001) 183 I had rubbed in the fact that the new ‘manpower ceiling’ which he had imposed was resulting in..a reduction of a ¼ of the infantry force of this country.
2001 J. Diamond C: Because Cowards get Cancer Too (new ed.) viii. 147 I came round in what I still think of as Intensive Care but which hospitals, just to rub it in, now call the High Dependency Unit.
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