a)REMOVEto remove something from a surface by rubbing it, or to come off a surface because of being rubbed 擦掉,磨去;〔因摩擦而〕脱落,磨掉
rub something off something
Jack rubbed the mud off his face.
杰克擦去脸上的污泥。
rub something ↔ off
She rubbed off her lipstick and eye shadow.
她擦掉自己的口红和眼影。
Some of the gold paint had begun to rub off.
有些金漆已经磨掉了。
b)GIVEif a feeling, quality, or habit rubs off on you, you start to have it because you are with another person who has it 〔感情、品质或习惯〕感染,影响
on
She refused to give up, and her confidence rubbed off on the others.
她不肯放弃,她的自信心也感染了其他人。
Examples from the Corpus
rub on• I ask him if he thinks any-thing I have done has rubbed off on him.• Clearly Richard's disgustingmotoring habits were beginning to rub off on me.• The second has caused much confusion, some of it deliberate, which has plainly rubbed off on Mr Dalyell.• She has a directness that rubs off on others.• Grover might be rubbing off on Ralph, but Ralph was still Ralph.• Some of that spirit has also rubbed off on the army and police, Stambolic said.• Sometimes that attituderubbed off on the children: It was easy to offendmiddle-classpride.• The increasinghostility to affirmativeaction has rubbed off on the diversitymovement.