rub

1. V-T/V-I If you rub a part of your body or if you rub at it, you move your hand or fingers backward and forward over it while pressing firmly. 揉

He rubbed his arms and stiff legs. 他揉了揉他的兩條胳膊和兩條僵硬的腿。

2. V-T/V-I If you rub against a surface or rub a part of your body against a surface, you move it backward and forward while pressing it against the surface. 蹭

A cat was rubbing against my leg. 一衹貓儅時(shí)在我腿上蹭來蹭去。

3. V-T/V-I If you rub an object or a surface or you rub at it, you move a cloth backward and forward over it in order to clean or dry it. 擦

She took off her glasses and rubbed them hard. 她摘下了她的眼鏡，用力擦著。

4. V-T 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. 抹

He rubbed oil into my back. 他在我的背上抹上了油。

5. V-T/V-I If you rub two things together or if they rub together, they move backward and forward, pressing against each other. 揉搓

He rubbed his hands together a few times. 他把雙手搓了好幾遍。

6. V-I If something you are wearing or holding rubs, it makes you sore because it keeps moving backward and forward against your skin. 蹭得疼

It should be comfortable against the skin without rubbing, chafing, or cutting into anything. 它貼身穿應(yīng)是舒服的，不會(huì)蹭傷、磨傷或劃傷皮膚。

7. N-COUNT A massage can be referred to as a rub. 按摩

She sometimes asks if I want a back rub. 她有時(shí)問我是否想要一次背部按摩。

8. PHRASE If you rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you rub elbows with someone. 與某人接觸

He regularly rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Kylie Minogue. 他常與伊麗莎白?泰勒和凱莉?米洛之類的人接觸。

9. PHRASE If you rub someone the wrong way, you offend or annoy them without intending to. 無意中冒犯某人[非正式]

What are you going to get out of him if you rub him the wrong way?

如果你無意中惹惱了他，你能從他那裡得到什麼呢？

10. to rub someone's nose in it→see nose