| 词组 | rub |
| 释义 | rub [rubbed, rubbed, rubbing] rub along rub along BrE old-fashioned informal if two people rub along, they live or work together in a fairly friendly way: ▪ Our sex life came to an end years ago, but we rub along alright most of the time. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get along rub down 1. rub down sb/sth • rub sb/sth down to dry a person or animal by rubbing them with a towel (=a piece of cloth used for drying your skin): ▪ He was rubbing down his horse in the stable yard. rub-down n C when you dry yourself with a towel: ▪ After a brief shower and a rub-down with a face cloth and towel, I was feeling refreshed. 2. rub down sth • rub sth down to make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper (=special paper that is rough on one side): ▪ The surface must be rubbed down with very fine sandpaper to make it as smooth as possible. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sand down rub-down n C when you make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper: ▪ Give the woodwork a light rub-down with sandpaper before painting. 3. rub down sb • rub sb down to rub someone's body and press their muscles to make them relax: ▪ Smith's back had tightened up after the game, and now he was on the massage table being rubbed down. ■ SIMILAR TO: massage rub-down n C when you rub someone's body and press their muscles to make them relax: ▪ The trainer gave him a rub-down to ease the pain in his muscles. rub in 1. rub it in especially spoken to deliberately remind someone about a fact that they want to forget because they are upset or embarrassed about it don't rub it in ▪ "Remember, while you're unemployed, I have to pay for everything." "All right, there's no need to rub it in." 2. rub sth in • rub in sth • rub sth into sth to put a cream or oil onto someone's skin, hair etc and rub it in order to make it go into their skin, hair etc: ▪ Always keep hand cream available in the bathroom or kitchen and rub it in frequently. rub off 1. rub off sth • rub sth off • rub sth off sth to remove something from a surface by rubbing it: ▪ Mr Owen took one look at the drawing on the chalkboard, and rubbed it off. ▪ Elaine gave Stephen a tentative kiss on the cheek, leaving a red lipstick mark which he quickly rubbed off. rub off to come off the surface of something because of being rubbed: ▪ A woman shopper noticed that the coin was a forgery when the gold colouring began to rub off. 2. rub off if someone else's quality, feeling, or habit rubs off on you, you start to have it too because you are with that person rub off on/onto ▪ He competes so hard, it rubs off onto the rest of the team and makes them better. ▪ The teacher's enthusiasm had clearly rubbed off on the children. rub off ▪ We hoped that some of Procter's fighting spirit would rub off and inspire the others. rub out 1. rub out sth • rub sth out BrE to remove writing or pictures from paper by rubbing it with a piece of rubber, or remove writing or pictures from a board by rubbing it with a cloth: ▪ Do it in pencil first then you can rub it out. ■ SIMILAR TO: erase AmE 2. rub sb out AmE old-fashioned informal to murder someone: ▪ The gang got to hear about Casey talking to the cops. That's why they rubbed him out. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bump off BrE informal |
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