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

• While many small companies fret about getting too few resumes, many also fear getting far too many.
  很多小公司因为收到的简历太少而烦恼，但也有很多小公司担心收到的简历过多。
• Don't be dismal or fret, but do your duty and you'll get your reward.
  别垂头丧气，怨天尤人了吧。尽到你自己的责任，你会得到报偿的。
• People fret about terrorists, sharks, Ebola and plane crashes because of the availability heuristic.
  人们担心恐怖分子、鲨鱼、埃博拉（Ebola）和飞机失事是因为它们具有可得性启发（availabilityheuristic）。
• I fret about nothing on earth except papa's illness.
  在世上除了爸爸的病，什么事也不会使我烦恼。
• Nativists fret about America's inability to secure its own borders.
  本土主义者抱怨美国对自己边境管理的无能。
• Do not fret about your veils.
  别担心你们的头巾了。
• Don't take on, and fret about it too much! it can't be helped.
  别难过，别为这事太烦恼啦，没救了。
• Today they fret about excessive inflows and strengthening currencies.
  如今，令它们烦恼的是资本流入和货币升值。
• I would not fret if he and I could lie down tonight to sleep our last sleep.
  如果他和我能在今天晚上睡下去永远不醒过来，我也就不会伤心了。
• I don't fuss and fret about my children.
  我不会为儿女们大惊小怪的。