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单词 fret
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fret

verb
/fret/
/fret/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fret
/fret/
/fret/
he / she / it frets
/frets/
/frets/
past simple fretted
/ˈfretɪd/
/ˈfretɪd/
past participle fretted
/ˈfretɪd/
/ˈfretɪd/
-ing form fretting
/ˈfretɪŋ/
/ˈfretɪŋ/
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  1. to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax
    • Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.
    • Fretting, he looked again at his watch.
    • fret about something Fretting about it won't help.
    • fret over something He was fretting over his speech.
    • fret that… She fretted that nobody would show up.
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originverb Old English fretan ‘devour, consume’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vreten and German fressen, and ultimately to eat.

fret

noun
/fret/
/fret/
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    one of the bars on the long thin part of a guitar, etc. Frets show you where to press the strings with your fingers to produce particular sounds.
    • a rock guitar with a 24 fret neck
  2. (also sea fret)
     (Northern British English) mist or fog that comes in from the sea
    3. Word Originnoun sense 1 early 16th cent.: of unknown origin. noun sense 2 mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
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