Chafe

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解释

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• v.摩擦生热; 擦痛; 激怒
• ［英］ v.摩擦生热 ( warm by rubbing)
• ［同］ 近形词: chase ( 追逐)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (chafed; chafing)

• Etymology: Middle English chaufen to warm, from Anglo-French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin *calfare, alteration of Latin calefacere, from calēre to be warm + facere to make — more at lee, do
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. irritate, vex
  • 2. to warm by rubbing especially with the hands
  • 3.
    • a. to rub so as to wear away ; abrade <the boat chafed its sides against the dock
    • b. to make sore by or as if by rubbing
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to feel irritation, discontent, or impatience ; fret <chafes at his restrictive desk job
  • 2. to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation

II. noun

• Date: 1551
• 1. a state of vexation ; rage
• 2. injury or wear caused by friction; also friction, rubbing

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