early 14c., chaufen, c. 1300, "be provoked;" late 14c. in literal sense "to make warm, to heat," also intransitive, "to grow warm or hot," especially (early 15c.) "to warm by rubbing," from Old French chaufer "heat, warm up, become warm" (12c., Modern French chauffer), from Vulgar Latin *calefare, from Latin calefacere "to make hot, make warm," from calere "be warm" (see calorie) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Figurative sense from late 14c. include now-obsolete "kindle (joy), inspire, make passionate" as well as "provoke, vex, anger." Sense of "make sore by rubbing" first recorded 1520s. Related: Chafed; chafing.
例文
1. His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.
彼の手首は縛られ始めた布の帯に磨かれて痛かった。
2.I see him chafe and fret at every pore.
彼がとても怒っているのを見た。
3.The foaming waves chafe against the rocky shore.
荒れ狂う波が礁岸を激しく打っている。
4.A stiff collar may chafe your neck.
硬い襟は首を擦りむいてしまう.
5.She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn 't chafe his skin into sores.