| 单词 | fret |
| 释义 | fret (once / 470 pages) 1vn 2nv 3nv 4v 5vn When you fret, you worry so much about something that it eats away at you. Many people fret about taking standardized tests, but really, they're nothing to sweat. Fret comes from the Old English word freton which means to devour like an animal. When you fret over something, it consumes your thoughts. If you tell your mother to not fret about you while you're at a sleepover camp, you're telling her to not worry about you too much. Sometimes it means to be agitated though. When you're waiting for the results of an exam, you might fret and wring your hands. In a totally unrelated meaning, a guitar player calls the raised lines on the neck of the guitar that help him play correctly frets. WORD FAMILYfret: fretful, frets, fretted, fretting+/fretful: fretfully, fretfulness/fretfulness: fretfulnesss/fretted: unfretted USAGE EXAMPLESIn Egypt it fretted over the toppling of Hosni Mubarak and welcomed his eventual replacement by another pro-American military dictator. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Sing of the two friends, both women, who fretted that their upcoming nuptials might be controversial: because, they explained, they didn’t like cake! Time(Dec 23, 2016) As a septuagenarian, she fretted over her chances of being hired anywhere. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1v be agitated or irritated don't fret over these small details Hypo|Hyper dither act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain worry be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy 2v worry unnecessarily or excessively Syn|Hypo|Hyper fuss, niggle scruple raise scruples dither, flap, pothermake a fuss; be agitated worry be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy 3v become or make sore by or as if by rubbing Syn|Hyper chafe, gall irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame 4v cause annoyance in Hyper annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 5v gnaw into; make resentful or angry Syn|Hyper eat into, grate, rankle annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 6n agitation resulting from active worry 2Syn|Hyper lather, stew, sweat, swither agitation a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance 1n a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch Hyper bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 2v provide (a musical instrument) with frets 3fret a guitar Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 1n an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) there was a simple fret at the top of the walls Syn|Hyper Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern architectural ornament (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance 2v carve a pattern into Hypo|Hyper honeycomb carve a honeycomb pattern into carve form by carving 3v decorate with an interlaced design 4Hyper adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. 1v be too tight; rub or press Syn|Hyper choke, gag compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze squeeze or press together 2v cause friction 5Syn|Hyper chafe, fray, rub, scratch adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact 1v wear away or erode Syn|Hyper eat away corrode, rust become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid 2v remove soil or rock Syn|Hypo|Hyper eat away, erode wash form by erosion damage inflict damage upon 3n a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion Syn|Hyper worn spot dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot a small contrasting part of something |
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