fret

英 [fret]

美 [fret]

v.  苦恼; 烦躁; 焦虑不安
n.  (吉他等指板上定音的)品; (从海上飘来的)雾气，薄雾，雾

复数：frets　过去式：fretted　现在分词：fretting　第三人称单数：frets　过去分词：fretted　

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牛津词典

verb

• 苦恼；烦躁；焦虑不安
  to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax
  1. Fretting about it won't help.
     苦恼于事无补。
  2. Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.
     她一走出房间，婴儿就躁动起来。

noun

• （吉他等指板上定音的）品
  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.
• （从海上飘来的）雾气，薄雾，雾
  mist or fog that comes in from the sea

柯林斯词典

• VERB 苦恼;烦恼;发愁
  If youfretabout something, you worry about it.
  1. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems...
     我一刻不闲地工作，总是为别人的事操心。
  2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more...
     但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。
  3. Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.
     不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。
• (吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品
  Thefretson a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

英英释义

noun

• a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument
• an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
  1. there was a simple fret at the top of the walls
  Synonym:Greek fretGreek keykey pattern
• a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
  Synonym:worn spot
• agitation resulting from active worry
  1. don't get in a stew
  2. he's in a sweat about exams
  Synonym:stewsweatlatherswither

verb

• wear away or erode
  Synonym:eat away
• remove soil or rock
  1. Rain eroded the terraces
  Synonym:erodeeat away
• cause friction
  1. my sweater scratches
  Synonym:rubfraychafescratch
• be too tight
  1. This neckband is choking the cat
  Synonym:chokegag
• decorate with an interlaced design
• carve a pattern into
• be agitated or irritated
  1. don't fret over these small details
• gnaw into
  1. The injustice rankled her
  2. his resentment festered
  Synonym:eat intoranklegrate
• cause annoyance in
• worry unnecessarily or excessively
  1. don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
  Synonym:fussniggle
• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  Synonym:chafegall
• provide (a musical instrument) with frets
  1. fret a guitar

双语例句

• Do not fret about your veils.
  别担心你们的头巾了。
• Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.
  不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。
• Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.
  无论你把我叫做什么乐器，你也只能撩拨我，不能玩弄我。
• These words referred to a dog when I wrote them, but re-reading them now I began to fret.
  可现在，当我重新阅读它们时，我开始烦躁不已。
• Don't fret, I'm sure they'll be back soon.
  不要发愁，我肯定他们很快会回来的。
• You had better not fret about your mistakes.
  你最好不要为你的错误而烦恼。
• It's nice of you to fret about these things, but it's really none of your business.
  你为这些感到烦恼，你是好心，但那确实不关你的事。
• I don't fuss and fret about my children.
  我不会为儿女们大惊小怪的。
• SHOULD you fret more about inflation or deflation?
  通货膨胀与通货紧缩，哪一个让你更不安？
• Don't FRET away your life.
  别在烦恼中过日子。