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    abrade

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·brade /əˈbreɪd/ verb [intransitive, transitive] technical  to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged 磨损→ See Verb table
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    abrade• We are chalk and cheese; our personalities are radically different and likely to abrade each other.• The only way to shape it is to abrade it with even harder substances.• It amazed her now how completely love could abrade those sharp edges.    Origin abrade (1600-1700) Latin abradere, from ab- “away” + radere “to rub hard”
    a·brade verbChineseSyllable
    hard to that surface becomes so Corpus damaged something rub the


    abrade
    a‧brade /əˈbreɪd/ verb [intransitive and transitive] technical
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: abradere, from ab- 'away' + radere 'to rub hard'
    to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged


    ab·radeBrE /əˈbreɪd/ 🔊NAmE /əˈbreɪd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they abrade BrE /əˈbreɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈbreɪd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it abrades BrE /əˈbreɪdz/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈbreɪdz/ 🔊past simple abraded BrE /əˈbreɪdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈbreɪdɪd/ 🔊past participle abraded BrE /əˈbreɪdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈbreɪdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form abrading BrE /əˈbreɪdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈbreɪdɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (specialist) to rub the surface of sth, such as rock or skin, and damage it or make it rough 磨损（岩石等）；擦伤（皮肤等）