rub
名詞
定義 rub 名詞
- Countable
The act of moving something back and forth repeatedly against another surface.
He carefully rubbed her hair to dry it.
She rubbed her cold hands together to warm them up.
He gave his eyes a quick rub, trying to see more clearly.
動詞
定義 rub 動詞
- B2TransitiveIntransitive
To move a hand or cloth repeatedly back and forth over a surface, applying some pressure.
She rubbed her eyes, looking very sleepy.
He tried to rub the stain off his pants, but made it worse.
We rubbed some polish onto the wood surface.
成語
- rub shoulders (with)
to interact with and spend time in close proximity to someone, often implying social interaction.
• She claims that she rubs shoulders with royalty all the time.
- rub someone's nose in it
To repeatedly remind someone of a past mistake or failure, often in a way that is intended to make them feel embarrassed or humiliated.
• After he lost the game, his opponent kept rubbing his nose in it, which was really like rubbing salt into the wound.
- rub salt in/into the wound
To exacerbate an already unpleasant situation, making it even more distressing or painful for someone.
• It was bad enough that she was fired, but him constantly bringing up her mistakes was like rubbing salt in the wound.
- rub someone up the wrong way
To unintentionally irritate or offend someone; to cause annoyance.
• She always seems to rub her colleagues up the wrong way without meaning to.
片語動詞 rub
- rub off
When a trait or attribute possessed by someone influences others, leading them to adopt it after interaction and learning from that person.
• His positive attitude began to rub off on the people around him.
- rub something down
to polish or smooth the surface of something using a coarse cloth, brush, or paper until it becomes clean and glistening
• Before starting to paint, she rubbed the wood down to ensure better adhesion.
- rub along
When two individuals coexist or collaborate effectively in a satisfactory manner.
• Despite their differing views, we managed to rub along well in the project.
- rub something out
to erase writing or marks by using a rubber or cloth to rub over them
• He rubbed out the wrong answer with an eraser.
- rub something in
to remind someone of a matter they wish to forget because it makes them uncomfortable or regretful
• He always likes to bring up my job loss; it's really rubbing it in.
- rub something/someone down
to dry an animal or person using a cloth
• After the rain, I rubbed the dog down with a towel.
- rub someone out
to kill someone intentionally
• In the mafia, the consequence of betrayal is to be rubbed out.