0 to press or be pressed against something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement -- 擦;摩擦;搓;揉搓
He rubbed (at) the stain on his trousers and made it worse. 他去擦裤子上的污渍,结果越擦越脏。
We rubbed some polish into the surface of the wood. 我们在木头表面刷了一些亮光漆。
[ + obj + adj ] Alice rubbed the blackboard clean for the teacher. 艾丽斯替老师擦干净黑板。
Your cat keeps on rubbing itself (up) against my leg. 你的猫老是在我的腿上蹭来蹭去。
She was rubbing her hands (together) at the thought of winning. 想到会获胜,她高兴得直搓手。
The branches rubbed against each other in the wind. 树枝在风中相互摩挲。
The chair legs have rubbed holes in the carpet. 椅子腿把地毯都磨出了洞。
My new shoes are rubbing (against/on my toe) and now I've got blisters. 我的新鞋磨脚(趾),都起泡了。
These marks will never rub off (= be cleaned off). 这些痕迹永远都擦不掉了。
Alice rubbed the sums off (= cleaned them off) the blackboard for the teacher. 艾丽斯替老师把黑板上的算术题擦去。
1 the act of rubbing something -- 擦;摩擦;搓;揉搓
2 the particular problem that makes a situation difficult or impossible -- 问题,困难,障碍
You can't get a job unless you have experience, but there's the rub, you can't get experience unless you have a job. 没有工作经验你就没法找到一份工作,但问题是,没有工作又没法获得经验。
With the back of his hand, he rubbed the stubble on his chin.
The strap had rubbed against his skin and caused irritation.
At the outset, all the musical genres and all the individuals rubbed shoulders with one another without inhibition.
She would rub my back for long stretches of time.
But there's the rub: historians are generally not interested in bringing complexity to the texts they use as sources, and for very good reasons.