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擦傷,氣惱摩擦,擦痛,激怒

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chafe \Chafe\, n.
   1. Heat excited by friction.

   2. Injury or wear caused by friction.

   3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

            The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall.
                                                  --Camden.

Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[=a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed}
   (ch[=a]ft); p pr. & vb. n. {Chafing}.] [OE. chaufen to warm,
   OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to
   make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See
   {Caldron}.]
   1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to
      stimulate and make warm.

            To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

            Her intercession chafed him.          --Shak.

   3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

            Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to
            prevent its being chafed.             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

Chafe \Chafe\, v. i.
   To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by
   friction.

         Made its great boughs chafe together.    --Longfellow.

         The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. --Shak.

   2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

   3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be
      irritated. --Spenser.

            He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
                                                  --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

chafe
     n 1: soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty
          chafe on his knee"
     2: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: {annoyance},
         {vexation}]
     v 1: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: {gall}, {fret}]
     2: feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her
        suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a
        vacation"
     3: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
        irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers
        me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after
        she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get
        at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex},
         {devil}]
     4: tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This
        leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: {excoriate}]
     5: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: {rub}, {fray},
        {fret}, {scratch}]
     6: warm by rubbing, as with the hands