1 VERB 揉;按摩;搓 If you
rub a part of your body, you move your hand or fingers backwards and forwards over it while pressing firmly.
揉;按摩;搓 -
He rubbed his arms and stiff legs. [VERB noun]
他按摩着自己的胳膊和僵硬的双腿。
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'I fell in a ditch', he said, rubbing at a scrape on his hand. [VERB prep./adv.]
“我掉进沟里了”,他一边说着,一边揉着手上的擦伤。
2 VERB 摩擦;蹭 If you
rub against a surface or
rub a part of your body
against a surface, you move it backwards and forwards while pressing it against the surface.
摩擦;蹭 3 VERB (用布)擦干,擦净,擦拭 If you
rub an object or a surface, you move a cloth backward and forward over it in order to clean or dry it.
(用布)擦干,擦净,擦拭 4 VERB 涂抹;搽;擦去 If you
rub a substance
into a surface or
rub something such as dirt
from a surface, you spread it over the surface or remove it from the surface using your hand or something such as a cloth.
涂抹;搽;擦去 5 V-ERG 相互摩擦;揉搓 If you
rub two things
together or if they
rub together, they move backwards and forwards, pressing against each other.
相互摩擦;揉搓 -
He rubbed his hands together a few times. [V n together]
他搓了几下手。
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...the 650-mile rift that separates the Pacific and North American geological plates as they rub together. [V together]
太平洋和北美洲地质板块相互摩擦时产生的一条长达650英里的裂缝
6 VERB 擦伤;磨痛 If something you are wearing or holding
rubs, it makes you sore because it keeps moving backwards and forwards against your skin.
擦伤;磨痛 [Also VERB n] 7 N-SING 困难;难处;障碍 Rub is used in expressions such as
there's the rub and
the rub is when you are mentioning a difficulty that makes something hard or impossible to achieve.
困难;难处;障碍 [formal] -
'What do you want to write about?'. And there was the rub, because I didn't yet know.
“你想写什么?”难就难在这儿,因为我还不知道写什么。
8 N-COUNT [usually singular] 按摩 A massage can be referred to as a
rub .
按摩 9 N-COUNT [usually with supplement] 按摩膏;面膜 A
rub is a substance that you massage into your skin.
按摩膏;面膜 11 PHRASE (尤用于美国英语)和(名人)接触,和(名人)交往 If you
rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you
rub elbows with someone, especially in American English.
(尤用于美国英语)和(名人)接触,和(名人)交往 SYN mix with, associate with, consort with, hobnob with
12 PHRASE 无意中冒犯;无意中惹恼 If you
rub someone
up the wrong way in British English, or
rub someone
the wrong way in American English, you offend or annoy them without intending to.
无意中冒犯;无意中惹恼 [informal] 13 to
rub someone's
nose in it→see: nose to rub salt into the wound
→see: salt Word Partnership | Use rub with: |
PREP. | rub against 2 rub off, rub with 4 |
ADV. | rub together 5 |
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