early 14c., chaufen, c. 1300, "be provoked;" late 14c. in literal sense "to make warm, to heat," also intransitive, "to grow warm or hot," especially (early 15c.) "to warm by rubbing," from Old French chaufer "heat, warm up, become warm" (12c., Modern French chauffer), from Vulgar Latin *calefare, from Latin calefacere "to make hot, make warm," from calere "be warm" (see calorie) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Figurative sense from late 14c. include now-obsolete "kindle (joy), inspire, make passionate" as well as "provoke, vex, anger." Sense of "make sore by rubbing" first recorded 1520s. Related: Chafed; chafing.
雙語例句
1. His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.
他的手腕開始被捆綁的布帶磨得很痛。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I see him chafe and fret at every pore.
我看見他非常暴躁.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The foaming waves chafe against the rocky shore.
洶涌的波濤猛烈地沖擊著礁岸.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. A stiff collar may chafe your neck.
硬的衣領會擦傷你的脖子.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn't chafe his skin into sores.