| 单词 | chafe |
| 释义 | chafe (once / 1220 pages) 1vn 2vn To chafe is to irritate or annoy. If your shoes chafe you, they rub your skin raw. Ouch. If you chafe at the suggestion that you should be studying more, the suggestion rubs you the wrong way. Chafe originally meant to warm, like a chafing dish on a hotel buffet. Though this may seem like a big jump, think of when your hands are cold and you rub them together to warm them up. So you can say that rubbed skin is kind of hot as is a temper flaring up from irritation. If you are a hot head, you are easily chafed. WORD FAMILYchafe: chafed, chafes, chafing+/chafing: chafings USAGE EXAMPLESThe GB cycling team banned bikini waxes during the Olympics because the hair protects against chafing. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) But it wasn’t long before Michael was chafing against the creative restrictions, and the low expectations, placed upon a gorgeous teen idol. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) As Chafe observes, the St. John Passion stresses Jesus’ messianic nature and accentuates oppositions between good and evil. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1 1v become or make sore by or as if by rubbing Syn|Hyper fret, gall irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame 2v tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading This leash chafes the dog's neck Syn|Hyper excoriate abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off wear away 3v cause friction Syn|Hyper fray, fret, rub, scratch adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact 4v warm by rubbing, as with the hands Hyper warm make warm or warmer 5n soreness and warmth caused by friction 2he had a nasty chafe on his knee Hyper rawness, soreness, tenderness a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) 1v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex get, get under one's skin irritate eat into, fret, grate, ranklegnaw into; make resentful or angry peevecause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffletrouble or vex fretcause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provokeannoy continually or chronically antagonise, antagonizeprovoke the hostility of goad, needlegoad or provoke,as by constant criticism bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tormenttreat cruelly hazeharass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions displease give displeasure to 2v feel extreme irritation or anger He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation Syn|Hyper annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations experience, feel undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind 3n anger produced by some annoying irritation Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoyance, vexation irritation, pique, temper a sudden outburst of anger frustrationa feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized aggravation, exasperationan exasperated feeling of annoyance harassment, tormenta feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented displeasurethe feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something anger, choler, ire a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance |
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