fray
英 [fre?]
美[fre]
- n. 爭(zhēng)論；打架；磨損處
- vt. 使磨損；變得令人緊張、急躁
- vi. 被磨損
- n. (Fray)人名；(法)弗雷；(德)弗賴；(匈)弗勞伊
TEM8GRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?frays;過(guò)去式:?frayed;過(guò)去分詞:?frayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?fraying;形容詞:?frayed;
助記提示
1. afraid => affray => fray.
2. shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid).
3. friction => fray.
4. contraction and variant of friction.
2. shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid).
3. friction => fray.
4. contraction and variant of friction.
中文詞源
fray 磨損
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)fricare, 磨損，刮擦，詞源同friction, dentifrice.
fray 煩燥，惱火，吵架縮寫自affray, 打架滋事，鬧事，使恐慌，詞源同afraid.
英文詞源
- fray (n.)
- mid-14c., "feeling of alarm," shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid). Meaning "a brawl, a fight" is from early 15c. (late 14c. in Anglo-Latin). Fraymaker "fighter, brawler" is found in a 1530s statute recorded by Prynne ("Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes," 1643). Nares' "Glossary" has frayment (1540s).
- fray (v.)
- "wear off by rubbing," c. 1400, from Old French fraiier, froiier "to rub against, scrape; thrust against" (also in reference to copulation), from Latin fricare "to rub, rub down" (see friction). Intransitive sense "to ravel out" (of fabric, etc.) is from 1721. The noun meaning "a frayed place in a garment" is from 1620s. Related: Frayed; fraying.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. This kind of living was beginning to fray her nerves.
- 這種生活開(kāi)始讓她神經(jīng)緊張。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score.
- 隨著兩隊(duì)都沒(méi)能破門得分，大家漸漸沉不住氣了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He would be inspiring young people to get into the political fray.
- 他會(huì)激勵(lì)年輕人投身政治戰(zhàn)斗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The stitching had begun to fray at the edges.
- 邊沿上的針腳已經(jīng)開(kāi)始磨損了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Her washing machine tends to fray edges on intricate designs.
- 她的洗衣機(jī)經(jīng)常會(huì)把織物上的一些復(fù)雜圖案的邊緣磨壞。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句