fret

英[fret]美[fret]
  • v. (使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)磨损；侵蚀
  • n. 烦躁；磨损；焦急
  • n. [音]音品；音柱

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自Proto-Germonic*fra-etan，吞噬，吃尽，*fra-，完全的，词源同per-，*etan，吃，词源同eat.用来指魔鬼或维京海盗，后用于心理含义，指焦虑紧张等。来自古法语frete，格子饰，回纹饰。
      verb(动词)
      1. 烦躁不安;苦恼，发愁
      noun(名词)
      1. （吉他等弦乐器指板上定音的）品

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 烦躁不安;苦恼，发愁

      Don't fret – I'm sure he's OK.

      别发愁——他肯定没事。

      She spent the day fretting about/over what she'd said to Nicky.

      她为对尼基说的话而担心了一整天。

    noun(名词)
    1. （吉他等弦乐器指板上定音的）品

    小知识

    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.

    实用短语

    1. guitar fret noise

      吉他换把杂音,磨弦声,磨弦,吉他弦杂音

    2. fret and fume

      恼火,发怒,焦急,烦恼

    3. fret noise

      琴品噪音,急促的噪声

    4. fret away

      逐渐侵蚀,翻译

    5. sea fret

      海雾

    6. tr-fret

      转移,能量转移,时间分辨荧光共振能量转移,技术

    7. fret saw frame

      钢丝锯架

    8. fret saw blade

      钢丝锯条

    常用短语

    1. fret over

      为…着急

    单词用法

    词组短语
    fret over为…着急；
    词语辨析
    worry，brood，care，fret。
    这些动词均有“烦恼、担忧”的意思。worry普通用词，着重使人焦虑、烦恼或深深不安。brood语气比worry强，多指沉思、沮丧或忧郁。care多指极强烈的关心和忧虑。常带纯客观的意味。fret通常指因悲哀、焦虑或忧愁等所困扰的心理状态。

    同义词辨析

    worry, brood, care, fret

    这些动词均有”烦恼，担忧”之意。

    • worry： 普通用词，着重使人焦虑、烦恼或深深不安。
    • brood语气比worry强，多指沉思、沮丧或忧郁。
    • care： 多指极强烈的关心和忧虑。常带纯客观的意味。
    • fret： 通常指因悲哀、焦虑或忧愁等所困扰的心理状态。

    同义词

    worry  /  fuss

    同根词

    词根：fret

    adj.

    fretful焦躁的；烦燥的；起波纹的

    fretted焦躁的；腐蚀的；附有弦马的

    adv.

    fretfully焦急地；焦躁地

    n.

    fretfulness焦躁

    v.

    fretted烦躁；侵蚀；耗损（fret的过去分词）