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Definition of chafe in English: chafeverb tʃeɪftʃeɪf 1(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something. with object the collar chafed his neck 衣领把他的脖子擦痛了。 no object her arms chafed where the rope bit into them Example sentencesExamples - The ropes were chafing her ankles, but at least her hands were free.
- The collar of the stiff shirt was chafing slightly around the scars on his neck, and the ponytail he'd put his hair in was so tight it was liable to give him a headache.
- My mother has brought her own bed-linen, from home, and below my hot cheek, chafing it, is a butterfly: spreading luxuriant wings, embroidered on the pillowcase by my mother's own hand.
- All of us had worn sheaths of kid-leather on the arm that held the bow when we began to learn archery in our childhood; otherwise, the string would have horribly chafed our delicate skins.
- Her wrists still burned from the rope chafing her flesh and she sucked a breath in through her clenched teeth as her forehead touched their raw skin.
- Bruises and scratches covered her, especially where the straps had chafed and cut into her: wrists, ankles, angry sores across her muzzle.
- The irritation diminished, but the cuff still chafed when he stood.
- Careful not to make a sound to disturb his two fellow inmates, he pulled the rough woollen blanket up towards him (it chafed his moisturised chin) and tried to sleep.
- These people mean business and can be stopped only with tanks or by buying them larger t-shirts that don't chafe the nipples.
- Alexander was pushed up against the side of the carriage and bound with hemp rope that chafed uncomfortably against his bare wrists.
- No, apparently it chafes at her oh so delicate skin.
- Ramirez winced as the coverlet slipped and chafed one of the icy burns that wound around his pallid arms.
- But she usually wore something under the anklet, because the metal bruised and chafed her skin, particularly after she had been fencing.
- The golf bag chafed my left shoulder beneath my tee-shirt and my left palm was badly blistered.
- Oddly enough, though the wounds haven't bothered him in years, Jonnie is abruptly aware that his shirt collar is chafing at the rough scar tissue left over from that old attack.
- Her hands were bound together by a painfully tight rope, chafing badly at her wrists.
- He attempted to pull his hands free, and winced as the strips of cloth used to restrain him chafed his sore wrists.
- He took off his mask, rubbed a couple of sore spots on his slender face where the mask chafed against his pale skin.
- He took care with it, making sure to leave no knots of thread that would chafe bruised skin.
- He then proceeded to tell me how pantyhose tend to chafe him.
Synonyms abrade, graze, grate, rub against, rub painfully, gall, skin, scrape, scratch, rasp - 1.1no object (of an object) rub abrasively against another.
（某物）与…摩擦 the grommet stops the cable chafing on the metal 索环使缆绳不与金属摩擦。 Example sentencesExamples - Now you have a double bridle that, unlike a single rope bridle, will not quickly chafe through.
- A wiring bundle chafing against a fuel line eventually wore through the line and sprayed fuel on a hot bleed-air element.
- Check for upper radiator hose wear as it sits near an engine-mounting bolt and can chafe.
- There was absolutely no evidence of chafing, wear or any damage to it.
Synonyms abrade, graze, grate, rub against, rub painfully, gall, skin, scrape, scratch, rasp
2with object Rub (a part of the body) to restore warmth or sensation. 摩擦（身体某部分）以取暖（或恢复感觉） I chafed her feet and wrapped the blanket round her Example sentencesExamples - There they go round the fire, rubbing and chafing their hands to keep the blood in circulation, and almost fighting each other to see which shall sit on the fire and get warm.
- Reaching the sitting area, he grinned at Jake and flopped into another chair, chafing his hands to get a modicum of feeling back into them.
- A shiver passed through Darius, and he began to chafe his arms to push some warmth back into them.
3Become or make annoyed or impatient because of a restriction or inconvenience. （因行动受限制或不便而）恼怒，不耐烦；使恼怒，使不耐烦 no object the bank chafed at the restrictions imposed upon it 银行对强加的限制感到恼怒。 with object it chafed him to be confined like this 他因自己受到这样的限制而恼火。 Example sentencesExamples - While perhaps chafing at having to submit their organizations to painful A - 76 procedures, the Services signed up on the expectation of diverting the savings to modernization.
- And in the surrounding towns, an army of smart professionals chafed under long rush-hour commutes to downtown Boston or famed Route 128 to the west.
- Haydon, too, was chafing under classical strictures.
- He chafed less under the authority of mothers, though in at least two works he shows a secret anger there, too.
- The last two, in particular, chafed at the restrictions of religious orthodoxy, but like Galileo after them, chose to live and continue their researches in preference to martyrdom.
- Iraq in this case has been a catalyst that has brought to the surface the rumblings within a Europe that seems to be chafing under an assumption that their interests be subsumed into a Franco-German vision for Europe.
- British officials are chafing that they are unable to influence the US rebuilding program, which has bureaucratic priorities.
- They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating to more talented people who chafe at the restrictions that are placed on them.
- They chafe at labeling as pathological qualities that may be merely irritating.
- Bonham Carter shows us an Olivia who is feisty and strong, chafing at her restrictions and only too happy to entertain the amusing Cesario.
- In the sixth century the Middle East generally was largely pagan, and chafing under its paganism: it was up for grabs by any conquering missionaries.
- He doesn't like the strict financial constraints governing nations that have taken up the Euro (the Stability Pact) and is chafing under the centralised rules governing deficit spending.
- Instead of an air of holiness or solemnity, he shows us kids chafing under restrictions just as they would in a boarding school or a summer camp.
- You end up irritating and chafing a lot of judges doing your job.
- Peres has been chafing under the limitations, and Palestinians are concerned that Peres might not have Sharon's backing in the talks.
- In this, by the way, they helped another group chafing under the restrictions of Britain's Navigation Laws, the North American colonists.
- He spoke bitterly, aware that the decision had been made, and chafing under its harsh restrictions.
- Behind the scenes, as the New York Times article of April 27 made clear, the US military is chafing at the restrictions being imposed on their operation.
- Syria is a Sunni-majority country chafing under rule by a clique of Allawites, a Shiite sect, who control the secular Syrian Baath.
- In many ways Sterne was unsuited to the life of a country parson, and he chafed under the restrictions.
Synonyms be impatient, be angry, be annoyed, be irritated, be incensed, be exasperated, be frustrated fume, brood, fuss, upset oneself informal blow one's top, blow a fuse
noun tʃeɪftʃeɪf 1mass noun Wear or damage caused by rubbing. 擦伤，磨损 to prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat 为了防止磨损，绳子应该拉直放平。 Example sentencesExamples - These will absorb an awful lot of chafe, and if they do chafe though, veer just a little more line and a new piece of hose will be in the chock to take the chafe.
- Chafe can be a problem around the upper thighs particularly in hot climates and on rough roads but this can be reduced by using petroleum jelly and has not generally been a significant problem.
- Also, check your main reef lines to prevent chafe to the sailcloth that may be pinched between the line and the boom.
- The further down the dock you can lead the lines, the less acute the angle and the less the chafe.
- Instead, I have put just a little vaseline on to prevent chafe before really long runs.
Synonyms inflammation, swelling, lesion 2archaic A state of annoyance. 〈古〉恼怒，烦恼 into what an unprofitable chafe you have put yourself! Example sentencesExamples - Look, prithee, Charmian, How this herculean Roman does become the carriage of his chafe.
- Y'all disenfranchise and marginalize the black man and you expect him to bear his chafe?
- No: I could not but smile through my chafe: For the fellow lay safe As his mates do, the midge and the nit, ---Through minuteness, to wit. ...
PhrasesBe restlessly impatient to start doing something. the players are chafing at the bit for a game the prospective students from Boston were chafing at the bit to start grad school Synonyms eager, keen, enthusiastic, full of enthusiasm, impatient, longing, chafing at the bit, champing at the bit, desperate
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'make warm'): from Old French chaufer 'make hot', based on Latin calefacere, from calere 'be hot' + facere 'make'. RhymesRafe, safe, vouchsafe, waif Definition of chafe in US English: chafeverbCHāftʃeɪf 1with object (of something restrictive or too tight) make (a part of the body) sore by rubbing against it. （窄或紧的东西）擦痛（身体某一部位） the collar chafed his neck 衣领把他的脖子擦痛了。 Example sentencesExamples - He then proceeded to tell me how pantyhose tend to chafe him.
- Alexander was pushed up against the side of the carriage and bound with hemp rope that chafed uncomfortably against his bare wrists.
- The irritation diminished, but the cuff still chafed when he stood.
- My mother has brought her own bed-linen, from home, and below my hot cheek, chafing it, is a butterfly: spreading luxuriant wings, embroidered on the pillowcase by my mother's own hand.
- Her hands were bound together by a painfully tight rope, chafing badly at her wrists.
- Bruises and scratches covered her, especially where the straps had chafed and cut into her: wrists, ankles, angry sores across her muzzle.
- He took off his mask, rubbed a couple of sore spots on his slender face where the mask chafed against his pale skin.
- All of us had worn sheaths of kid-leather on the arm that held the bow when we began to learn archery in our childhood; otherwise, the string would have horribly chafed our delicate skins.
- But she usually wore something under the anklet, because the metal bruised and chafed her skin, particularly after she had been fencing.
- Oddly enough, though the wounds haven't bothered him in years, Jonnie is abruptly aware that his shirt collar is chafing at the rough scar tissue left over from that old attack.
- No, apparently it chafes at her oh so delicate skin.
- The golf bag chafed my left shoulder beneath my tee-shirt and my left palm was badly blistered.
- The collar of the stiff shirt was chafing slightly around the scars on his neck, and the ponytail he'd put his hair in was so tight it was liable to give him a headache.
- He took care with it, making sure to leave no knots of thread that would chafe bruised skin.
- These people mean business and can be stopped only with tanks or by buying them larger t-shirts that don't chafe the nipples.
- Careful not to make a sound to disturb his two fellow inmates, he pulled the rough woollen blanket up towards him (it chafed his moisturised chin) and tried to sleep.
- Her wrists still burned from the rope chafing her flesh and she sucked a breath in through her clenched teeth as her forehead touched their raw skin.
- The ropes were chafing her ankles, but at least her hands were free.
- He attempted to pull his hands free, and winced as the strips of cloth used to restrain him chafed his sore wrists.
- Ramirez winced as the coverlet slipped and chafed one of the icy burns that wound around his pallid arms.
Synonyms abrade, graze, grate, rub against, rub painfully, gall, skin, scrape, scratch, rasp - 1.1no object (of a part of the body) be or become sore as a result of abrasive rubbing.
（身体某一部位因摩擦而）疼 Example sentencesExamples - I tried many styles of underwear and jockstraps looking for something to wear that would keep me from chafing when I bike and run.
- He wrists ached as they chafed against the rope around them.
- ‘I think my neck is starting to chafe,’ she grumbled.
- Edur shifted uncomfortably, wrists chafing against the rope.
- Her hands moved of their own accord now, one over the other, chafing against the wet rope.
Synonyms abrade, graze, grate, rub against, rub painfully, gall, skin, scrape, scratch, rasp - 1.2no object (of an object) rub abrasively against another object.
（某物）与…摩擦 the grommet stops the cable from chafing on the metal 索环使缆绳不与金属摩擦。 Example sentencesExamples - A wiring bundle chafing against a fuel line eventually wore through the line and sprayed fuel on a hot bleed-air element.
- Check for upper radiator hose wear as it sits near an engine-mounting bolt and can chafe.
- There was absolutely no evidence of chafing, wear or any damage to it.
- Now you have a double bridle that, unlike a single rope bridle, will not quickly chafe through.
Synonyms abrade, graze, grate, rub against, rub painfully, gall, skin, scrape, scratch, rasp
2with object Rub (a part of the body) to restore warmth or sensation. 摩擦（身体某部分）以取暖（或恢复感觉） Example sentencesExamples - A shiver passed through Darius, and he began to chafe his arms to push some warmth back into them.
- There they go round the fire, rubbing and chafing their hands to keep the blood in circulation, and almost fighting each other to see which shall sit on the fire and get warm.
- Reaching the sitting area, he grinned at Jake and flopped into another chair, chafing his hands to get a modicum of feeling back into them.
3Become or make annoyed or impatient because of a restriction or inconvenience. （因行动受限制或不便而）恼怒，不耐烦；使恼怒，使不耐烦 no object the bank chafed at the restrictions imposed upon it 银行对强加的限制感到恼怒。 with object it chafed him to be confined like this 他因自己受到这样的限制而恼火。 Example sentencesExamples - He doesn't like the strict financial constraints governing nations that have taken up the Euro (the Stability Pact) and is chafing under the centralised rules governing deficit spending.
- In this, by the way, they helped another group chafing under the restrictions of Britain's Navigation Laws, the North American colonists.
- And in the surrounding towns, an army of smart professionals chafed under long rush-hour commutes to downtown Boston or famed Route 128 to the west.
- Syria is a Sunni-majority country chafing under rule by a clique of Allawites, a Shiite sect, who control the secular Syrian Baath.
- The last two, in particular, chafed at the restrictions of religious orthodoxy, but like Galileo after them, chose to live and continue their researches in preference to martyrdom.
- British officials are chafing that they are unable to influence the US rebuilding program, which has bureaucratic priorities.
- Instead of an air of holiness or solemnity, he shows us kids chafing under restrictions just as they would in a boarding school or a summer camp.
- They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating to more talented people who chafe at the restrictions that are placed on them.
- He spoke bitterly, aware that the decision had been made, and chafing under its harsh restrictions.
- Iraq in this case has been a catalyst that has brought to the surface the rumblings within a Europe that seems to be chafing under an assumption that their interests be subsumed into a Franco-German vision for Europe.
- You end up irritating and chafing a lot of judges doing your job.
- In the sixth century the Middle East generally was largely pagan, and chafing under its paganism: it was up for grabs by any conquering missionaries.
- Bonham Carter shows us an Olivia who is feisty and strong, chafing at her restrictions and only too happy to entertain the amusing Cesario.
- In many ways Sterne was unsuited to the life of a country parson, and he chafed under the restrictions.
- Peres has been chafing under the limitations, and Palestinians are concerned that Peres might not have Sharon's backing in the talks.
- Haydon, too, was chafing under classical strictures.
- He chafed less under the authority of mothers, though in at least two works he shows a secret anger there, too.
- Behind the scenes, as the New York Times article of April 27 made clear, the US military is chafing at the restrictions being imposed on their operation.
- While perhaps chafing at having to submit their organizations to painful A - 76 procedures, the Services signed up on the expectation of diverting the savings to modernization.
- They chafe at labeling as pathological qualities that may be merely irritating.
Synonyms be impatient, be angry, be annoyed, be irritated, be incensed, be exasperated, be frustrated
nounCHāftʃeɪf 1Wear or damage caused by rubbing. 擦伤，磨损 to prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat 为了防止磨损，绳子应该拉直放平。 Example sentencesExamples - The further down the dock you can lead the lines, the less acute the angle and the less the chafe.
- Instead, I have put just a little vaseline on to prevent chafe before really long runs.
- These will absorb an awful lot of chafe, and if they do chafe though, veer just a little more line and a new piece of hose will be in the chock to take the chafe.
- Chafe can be a problem around the upper thighs particularly in hot climates and on rough roads but this can be reduced by using petroleum jelly and has not generally been a significant problem.
- Also, check your main reef lines to prevent chafe to the sailcloth that may be pinched between the line and the boom.
Synonyms inflammation, swelling, lesion 2archaic A state of annoyance. 〈古〉恼怒，烦恼 Example sentencesExamples - No: I could not but smile through my chafe: For the fellow lay safe As his mates do, the midge and the nit, ---Through minuteness, to wit. ...
- Y'all disenfranchise and marginalize the black man and you expect him to bear his chafe?
- Look, prithee, Charmian, How this herculean Roman does become the carriage of his chafe.
PhrasesBe restlessly impatient to start doing something. the players are chafing at the bit for a game the prospective students from Boston were chafing at the bit to start grad school Synonyms eager, keen, enthusiastic, full of enthusiasm, impatient, longing, chafing at the bit, champing at the bit, desperate
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘make warm’): from Old French chaufer ‘make hot’, based on Latin calefacere, from calere ‘be hot’ + facere ‘make’. |