fretter / frɛt /

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fretter3 个定义

v. 无主动词 verb

fret·ted, fret·ting.

  1. to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
  2. to cause corrosion; gnaw into something: acids that fret at the strongest metals.
  3. to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
v. 有主动词 verb

fret·ted, fret·ting.

  1. to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex: You mustn't fret yourself about that.
  2. to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, rust, corrosives, etc.: the ocean fretting its shores.
  3. to form or make by wearing away a substance: The river had fretted an underground passage.
  4. to agitate: Strong winds were fretting the channel.
n. 名词 noun
  1. an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
  2. Now Rare. a wearing away; erosion; corrosion. a worn or eroded place.

fretter 近义词

fretter

等同于 niggler

fretter

等同于 nitpicker

fretter

等同于 quibbler

fretter

等同于 critic