rubbed v. 擦,搓,摩擦
vbl. 擦,搓,摩擦
- I rubbed the window with a cloth.
我用一块布擦窗子。 - He rubbed his hands to keep them warm.
他揉搓着双手来取暖。
Rub \Rub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rubbing}.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael.
rub.]
1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over
its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the
action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the
flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.
It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned,
to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. --Sir T.
Elyot.
2. To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and
friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the
ground.
3. To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along
a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
Two bones rubbed hard against one another.
--Arbuthnot.
4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
The smoothed plank, . . .
New rubbed with balm. --Milton.
5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse;
-- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
The whole business of our redemption is to rub over
the defaced copy of the creation. --South.
6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.]
'T is the duke's pleasure,
Whose disposition, all the world well knows,
Will not be rubbed nor stopped. --Shak.
{To rub down}.
(a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a
horse.
(b) To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, to rub down the
rough points.
{To rub off}, to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by
friction; as, to rub off rust.
{To rub out}, to remove or separate by friction; to erase; to
obliterate; as, to rub out a mark or letter; to rub out a
stain.
{To rub up}.
(a) To burnish; to polish; to clean.
(b) To excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub
up the memory.
- The missing whale got its name because skin on its snout had been rubbed down to the bone by the rough ice surrounding a breathing hole that kept the mammals alive.
- As an adult, Mrs. Sulzberger traveled and rubbed elbows with the famous: she met Eleanor Roosevelt, dined with Chiang Kai-shek and sipped coffee with Golda Meir.
- Dirt-poor Middle Easterners, living in rodent-infested shacks, had their noses rubbed once too often in the luxury and Western pretensions of their leaders.
- Malik finds a medallion which, when rubbed, brings a genie to his side who sees off the thugs, helps the family finances by cheating the inland revenue through computer hacking, and improves the cricket.
- And that popularity has rubbed off on the two women most often linked with him: his estranged wife, Ivana, and his alleged mistress, Marla Maples.
- The Princess of Wales rubbed elbows with developer Donald Trump, publisher Malcolm Forbes and actor Michael Douglas.
- Then he rubbed his nose again.
- Ms. Hartwick, wearing rubber gloves and kneeling on the tile floor of the converted bus station, blotted the woman's feet with a towel and then rubbed some skin lotion on them.
- She took them to a veterinary hospital, where they were rubbed back to life.
- He rubbed the side to see if it might be made of gold. The result was amazing.
- A lot of the United States has rubbed off on Governador Valadares.
- It's an abrasive place, but you need to have a little skin rubbed off" or your sense of humor turns sentimental, Keillor said.
- He has rubbed elbows with every imprtant figure from the Cold War era _ from Dwight Eisenhower to Nikita S. Khrushchev, from Charles de Gaulle to Marshal Tito, from John F. Kennedy to Fidel Castro.
- Socks may seem a trivial part of your sportswear wardrobe, until you've rubbed up painful blisters or grown a crop of athlete's foot fungus to put you out of action.
- The national motto, "In God We Trust," would have to be torn from bills and rubbed off coins.
- FDA approval means Upjohn can now begin to manufacture and market topical minoxidil as a liquid to be rubbed or sprayed onto the scalp.
- Boesl's recipe calls for a four-pound roast to be rubbed with a variety of spices and put on the barbeque for over an hour.
- He takes us on a tour of this place where, in room after room, sprawling flesh is being pounded and rubbed and oiled.
- He also observed a baby's fever is reduced when its body is rubbed with water mixed with alcohol.
- Some of this approach has rubbed off from the practices of the mini-conglomerate, Williams, which bought Smallbone and, indirectly, employed Jones.