chafe /tʃeɪf/ ( chafing, chafed, chafes )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it. 擦痛; 蹭疼

  例：

  My shorts were chafing my thighs.

  我的短裤蹭得我大腿疼。

  例：

  His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.

  他的手腕开始被绑着的布带子擦痛了。

  例：

  The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.

  信使弯身挠膝盖上被带子擦痛的地方。

• 2. 

  V-I If you chafe at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. 恼火 [正式] [no passive]

  例：

  He had chafed at having to take orders from another.

  他对不得不接受别人命令很是恼火。

  例：

  He was chafing under the company's new ownership.

  他对公司新的所有制很是恼火。