| 单词 | fray |
| 释义 | fray I. transitive verb 1. archaic 2. archaic intransitive verb archaic II. 1. now chiefly Scotland 2. a. b. < authority to quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to this code — U.S. Code > < sometimes those cold ornery guys turned very dangerous in a fray … used knucks, even knives — T.W.Duncan > c. < who began this bloody fray — Shakespeare > < picked up a club and threw himself into the fray > d. < the editor took a side opposite to the local faculty in the fray > < known for his scientific-political frays as well as his chemistry — Newsweek > Synonyms: see contest III. transitive verb 1. a. < a deer frays his antlers to remove the velvet > b. < the friction frayed the edge of the polishing cloth > c. 2. a. < the boy's gratitude became rapidly frayed > < his boyish charm got a bit frayed near the end — Crary Moore > b. < his temper became a bit frayed > < relations … already frayed as a result of disagreements — New York Times > < excursions from the family circle have benefited his health and frayed nerves out of recognition — Rex Ingamells > intransitive verb 1. 2. < in the dips of the road the mist frayed out over the slab and blunted the headlights — R.P.Warren > < is our civilization widening and deepening, or is it fraying out — Douglas Stewart > < white pelicans … rise, fraying out, peeling off, in a slow roar of aroused wings — Marjory S. Douglas > < feathered lines that frayed out upon the skin — Elizabeth M. Roberts > IV. V. |
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