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fret

/fret/US // frɛt //UK // (frɛt) //

烦人,烦躁不安的人,烦躁不安,烦恼

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
fret·ted, fret·ting.
- : to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- : to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals.
- : to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
- : to become eaten, worn, or corroded: Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.
- : to move in agitation or commotion, as water: water fretting over the stones of a brook.

v.有主动词 verb

1
fret·ted, fret·ting.
- : to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex: You mustn't fret yourself about that.
- : to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.: the ocean fretting its shores.
- : to form or make by wearing away a substance: The river had fretted an underground passage.
- : to agitate: Strong winds were fretting the channel.

n.名词 noun

1
- : an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- : Now Rare. a wearing away; erosion; corrosion. a worn or eroded place.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbworry, be annoyed

Forms: fretted, fretting

Synonyms

agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的 bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰 brood报窝,报盘,报窝子,报刊杂志 carp鲤鱼,鲫鱼,鲩鱼,鲤鱼的 chafe褶皱,皴裂,皴擦,皴裂的痕迹 fume烟雾,油烟,烟尘,烟气 fuss大惊小怪,大惊小怪的 grieve伤心,哀伤,哀悼,伤心欲绝 affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为 anguish痛苦,痛楚,苦恼,痛苦的 bleed出血 chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是 mope闷骚,闷棍,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财 pother烦人,烦人的事,烦心事,烦扰 stew焖烧,炖煮,炖菜,炖 torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒 carry a heavy load挑重担,负重,负重前行,负重前进 distress oneself自讨苦吃,自苦恼,自寻烦恼,自乱阵脚 eat one's heart out呕心沥血,吃心,蚀心,剖腹产 get into a dither慌乱,慌乱中,斗嘴,忙乱不堪 lose sleep over寝食难安,失眠,丧心病狂,寝食不安 sweat it out挥汗如雨,挥洒汗水,出汗,汗流浃背 take on承担,对付,担当,承担起 upset oneself难受,懊恼,懊恼自己,怅惘

Antonyms

be happy幸福,开心,快乐,愉快 ignore忽略不计,置之不理,忽略,无视 please请,请你,请注意,请您 delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐 make happy使高兴,使人高兴,让人高兴,使人高兴的是 appease抚慰,绥靖,安抚,姑息 calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来 comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感 pacify安抚,抚平,平定,抚慰 placate调和,劝慰,安抚,劝解 soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰

verbupset someone

Forms: fretted, fretting

Antonyms

please请,请你,请注意,请您 aid援助 appease抚慰,绥靖,安抚,姑息 assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐 calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来 delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐 help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的 make happy使高兴,使人高兴,让人高兴,使人高兴的是 soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰 comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感 pacify安抚,抚平,平定,抚慰 placate调和,劝慰,安抚,劝解

verbrub hard

Forms: fretted, fretting

Synonyms

chafe褶皱,皴裂,皴擦,皴裂的痕迹 abrade研磨,擦伤,打磨,磨损 corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性 erode冲蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀,蚀 excoriate苛责,痛斥,谴责,剥落 fray战场,战场上,战场上的,战士 gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆 riffle涟漪,涟水,涟漪型,裂缝 ripple涟漪,波纹,纹波,涟波 wear away消磨掉,磨损,消损,消磨 wear threadbare披星戴月,磨穿,磨破嘴皮子,磨破

Antonyms

build建立,建立一个 appease抚慰,绥靖,安抚,姑息 calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来 comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感 pacify安抚,抚平,平定,抚慰 placate调和,劝慰,安抚,劝解 please请,请你,请注意,请您 soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰

Examples

There is however a not-paranoid or market-driven reason to fret, albeit a VERY small one.
Even assuming Wyoming is safe, however, Republicans are right to fret.
In recent weeks, it has been fashionable (and even rational) to fret about the U.S. industrial economy.
Not to fret—The Daily Beast breaks down the talking points that will keep things civil while eating your turkey.
The “all clear” for many of the 10,000 possibly exposed campers will not be given till early October—a long time to fret.
Rose, l. 4705, And through the fret full, read A trouthe fret full.'
Hence were, in the next line, must mean to wear away, to fret; cf. note to 4712.
Strange to say, to the astonishment of all but Lucy, young Mrs. Haggard continued to "fret."
Davie would be well away, for he would fret about his grandmother, and that would do neither of them any good.
And the woman laughed, and said, Truly, thou doest ill to fret thyself for such a matter.

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