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- rub [rʌb] [rʌb]
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1.
vt.
摩擦
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2.
vt.
擦，揉
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3.
vt.
使相擦（常与together连用）
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4.
vt.
磨光；擦亮
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5.
vt.
触痛；惹怒
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6.
vt.
把…摩擦得
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7.
vt.
把…用力擦入；反复讲，强使接受（与in，into等连用）
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8.
vt.
擦掉，磨去；使减色（与out，off，away等连用）
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9.
vi.
摩擦；擦到；擦上（on，against等）
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10.
vi.
（衣服）磨损；（皮肤等）擦痛
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11.
vi.
被擦掉（常与off，out等连用）
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12.
vi.
使人恼火
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13.
noun
阻碍；困难
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14.
noun
磨损处；擦痛处
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15.
noun
伤感情的事情（如嘲弄，指责等）
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16.
noun
摩擦，（尤指）按摩
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1.
vt.
摩擦
Collins English-English Dictionary
- rub [r^b]
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1.
vb
to apply pressure and friction to (something) with a circular or backward and forward motion
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2.
vb
to move (something) with pressure along, over, or against (a surface)
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3.
vb
to chafe or fray
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to bring into a certain condition by rubbing
- rub it clean
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to spread with pressure, esp in order to cause to be absorbed
- he rubbed ointment into his back
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6.
vt.
[
foll by off, out, away,etc ] to remove or be removed by rubbing -
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vt.
[bowls]
(of a bowl) to be slowed or deflected by an uneven patch on the green
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8.
vt.
[tr
; often foll by together] to move against each other with pressure and friction (esp in the phrases rub one's hands, often a sign of glee, anticipation, or satisfaction, and rub noses, a greeting among the Inuit) -
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n
the act of rubbing
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10.
n
something that hurts the feelings or annoys; rebuke
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11.
n
[bowls]
an uneven patch in the green
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12.
n
any roughness or unevenness of surface
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13.
n
[golf]
an incident of accidental interference with the ball
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14.
n
[informal]
a piece of good or bad luck
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15.
n
See also rub along rub down rub in rub off rub out rub up
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16.
n
[Etymology]
C15: perhaps from Low German rubben, of obscure origin
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1.
vb
to apply pressure and friction to (something) with a circular or backward and forward motion
Examples
- rub sb the wrong way
- [US] [inf] 惹恼某人 → rub
- rub into the face
- 擦脸 → the
- I wetted a piece of paper and tried to rub the mark away.
- 我弄湿了一张纸，试图用它把记号擦掉。 → wet
- They rub the sleep out of their eyes.
- 他们揉了揉惺忪的睡眼，强打起精神来。
- to rub sb's nose in sth
- [inf] 哪壶不开提哪壶 → nose
- to rub sth with sth
- 将某物涂抹在某物上 → rub
- to rub sth onto {or} into sth
- 用某物揉擦某物 → rub
- to rub one's hands (together)
- 搓手 → rub
- don't rub it in!
- [inf] 别老提了！ → rub in
- to rub shoulders with sb
- 和某人有交往 → shoulder
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