rubs

英 [rʌbz]

美 [rʌbz]

v.  擦; 磨; 搓; (使)相互摩擦; 摩擦(尤指引起疼痛或损害)
n.  擦; 抹; 搓; 揉; 问题; 困难
rub的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 揉;按摩;搓
  If youruba part of your body, you move your hand or fingers backwards and forwards over it while pressing firmly.
  1. He rubbed his arms and stiff legs...
     他按摩着自己的胳膊和僵硬的双腿。
  2. 'I fell in a ditch', he said, rubbing at a scrape on his hand.
     “我掉进沟里了”，他一边说着，一边揉着手上的擦伤。
• VERB 摩擦;蹭
  If yourub againsta surface orruba part of your bodyagainsta surface, you move it backwards and forwards while pressing it against the surface.
  1. A cat was rubbing against my leg...
     一只猫在我腿上蹭来蹭去。
  2. He kept rubbing his leg against mine.
     他不停地用腿蹭我的腿。
• VERB （用布）擦干，擦净，擦拭
  If youruban object or a surface, you move a cloth backward and forward over it in order to clean or dry it.
  1. She took off her glasses and rubbed them hard...
     她摘下眼镜使劲擦着。
  2. He rubbed and rubbed but couldn't seem to get clean.
     他擦了又擦，可就是擦不干净。
• VERB 涂抹;搽;擦去
  If youruba substanceintoa surface orrubsomething such as dirtfroma surface, you spread it over the surface or remove it from the surface using your hand or something such as a cloth.
  1. He rubbed oil into my back...
     他往我的背上抹油
  2. I pretended to rub a fleck of grit from one eye.
     我假装拭去一只眼睛里的沙粒。
• V-ERG 相互摩擦;揉搓
  If yourubtwo thingstogetheror if theyrub together, they move backwards and forwards, pressing against each other.
  1. He rubbed his hands together a few times.
     他搓了几下手。
  2. ...the 650-mile rift that separates the Pacific and North American geological plates as they rub together.
     太平洋和北美洲地质板块相互摩擦时产生的一条长达650英里的裂缝
• VERB 擦伤;磨痛
  If something you are wearing or holdingrubs, it makes you sore because it keeps moving backwards and forwards against your skin.
  1. Smear cream on to your baby's skin at the edges of the plaster to prevent it from rubbing.
     在宝宝贴膏药的皮肤边缘涂上护肤霜，以防止膏药擦伤皮肤。
• N-SING 困难;难处;障碍
  Rubis used in expressions such asthere's the rubandthe rub iswhen you are mentioning a difficulty that makes something hard or impossible to achieve.
  1. 'What do you want to write about?'. And there was the rub, because I didn't yet know.
     “你想写什么？”难就难在这儿，因为我还不知道写什么。
• N-COUNT 按摩
  A massage can be referred to as arub.
  1. She sometimes asks if I want a back rub.
     她有时会问我想不想做个背部按摩。
• N-COUNT 按摩膏;面膜
  Arubis a substance that you massage into your skin.
  1. ...a fresh cucumber rub for your whole face.
     用新鲜黄瓜给整张脸做的面膜
• See also:rubbing
• PHRASE （尤用于美国英语）和（名人）接触，和（名人）交往
  If yourub shoulders withfamous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that yourub elbows withsomeone, especially in American English.
  1. He regularly rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Kylie Minogue.
     他经常与伊丽莎白·泰勒和凯莉·米洛这样的人接触。
• PHRASE 无意中冒犯;无意中惹恼
  If yourubsomeoneup the wrong wayin British English, orrubsomeonethe wrong wayin American English, you offend or annoy them without intending to.
  1. What are you going to get out of him if you rub him up the wrong way?
     你要是不小心把他惹毛了，你有什么好处？
• torubsomeone'snose in it→ see:nose

双语例句

• Sloan: Last I heard you were at hand holding foot rubs and lots of late-night gab sessions.
  最新的消息是，你和她手牵手和多次促膝夜谈。
• Each class begins with foot rubs, back-to-back dancing and tender kisses on the hand.
  报道还介绍了接吻学校里上课时的情形：每堂课上平均约有10几对情侣，他们的脚首先互相摩擦，然后跳背对背的舞蹈，然后轻柔地吻对方的手。
• Jane rubs up against all sorts of people in her profession.
  简的职业使她接触到各式各样的人。
• Mr Nicholson respects soldiers, and he rubs along with them.
  尼科尔森先生对士兵很尊重，而且跟他们相处融洽。
• A person in my position rubs shoulders with all kinds of people.
  处在我这个位置上的人要与各式各样的人交往。
• Alcohol-based hand rubs should only be used if no visible dirt is present on the hands.
  醇基擦手剂只能在手上没有明显污垢的时候使用。
• The journal rubs against the bearing surface.
  轴颈在轴承面上摩擦。
• The journal rubs against the bearing surface. cross-section views of the neck.
  轴颈在轴承面上摩擦。对颈状物的剖面观察。
• Do they like cards, flowers, foot rubs, special books or magazines?
  他们喜欢的是卡片、花朵、鞋刷、特殊的书籍或是杂志？
• She claims that she rubs shoulders with royalty all the time.
  她声称她一直与王族有交往。