单词 | fraught |
释义 | fraught[ frawt ] / frɔt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fraught ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivefull of, accompanied by, or involving something specified, usually something unpleasant (often followed by with): a task fraught with danger; her pain-fraught body;emotionally fraught lyrics;a gathering fraught with joyful sounds. characterized by or causing tension or stress: He has always been overweight, so his relationship with food is fraught.We are living in fraught times. Archaic. filled or laden: ships fraught with precious wares. nounScot. a load; cargo; freight (of a ship). Origin of fraughtFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht “freight money, freight”; compare Old High German frēht “earnings,” Old English ǣht “possession”; see freight OTHER WORDS FROM fraughto·ver·fraught, adjectiveun·fraught, adjectiveWords nearby fraughtFraud Squad, fraudster, fraudulent, Frauenfeld, fraughan, fraught, Fräulein, Fraunhofer, Fraunhofer lines, Fravashi, frawzey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fraughtBritish Dictionary definitions for fraughtfraught / (frɔːt) / adjective(usually postpositive and foll by with) filled or charged; attendeda venture fraught with peril informal showing or producing tension or anxietyshe looks rather fraught; a fraught situation archaic (usually postpositive and foll by with) freighted nounan obsolete word for freight Word Origin for fraughtC14: from Middle Dutch vrachten, from vracht freight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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