fret 音标拼音: [fr'ɛt]
n . 烦躁,磨损,焦急,网状饰物
vi . 烦恼,不满,磨损
vt . 使烦恼,腐蚀,使磨损
烦躁,磨损,焦急,网状饰物烦恼,不满,磨损使烦恼,腐蚀,使磨损
fret n 1 :
agitation resulting from active worry ; "
don '
t get in a stew "; "
he '
s in a sweat about exams " [
synonym : {
fret }, {
stew },
{
sweat }, {
lather }, {
swither }]
2 :
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion [
synonym :
{
worn spot }, {
fret }]
3 :
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (
often in relief ); "
there was a simple fret at the top of the walls " [
synonym : {
fret }, {
Greek fret }, {
Greek key }, {
key pattern }]
4 :
a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument ;
when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch v 1 :
worry unnecessarily or excessively ; "
don '
t fuss too much over the grandchildren --
they are quite big now " [
synonym :
{
fuss }, {
niggle }, {
fret }]
2 :
be agitated or irritated ; "
don '
t fret over these small details "
3 :
provide (
a musical instrument )
with frets ; "
fret a guitar "
4 :
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [
synonym : {
chafe },
{
gall }, {
fret }]
5 :
cause annoyance in 6 :
gnaw into ;
make resentful or angry ; "
The injustice rankled her "; "
his resentment festered " [
synonym : {
eat into }, {
fret },
{
rankle }, {
grate }]
7 :
carve a pattern into 8 :
decorate with an interlaced design 9 :
be too tight ;
rub or press ; "
This neckband is choking the cat " [
synonym : {
choke }, {
gag }, {
fret }]
10 :
cause friction ; "
my sweater scratches " [
synonym : {
rub }, {
fray },
{
fret }, {
chafe }, {
scratch }]
11 :
remove soil or rock ; "
Rain eroded the terraces " [
synonym :
{
erode }, {
eat away }, {
fret }]
12 :
wear away or erode [
synonym : {
fret }, {
eat away }]
Fret \
Fret \,
v .
t . [
OE .
fretten to adorn ,
AS .
fr [
ae ]
twan ,
fr [
ae ]
twian ;
akin to OS .
fratah [=
o ]
n ,
cf .
Goth .
us -
fratwjan to make wise ,
also AS .
fr [
ae ]
twe ornaments ,
OS .
fratah [
imac ]
adornment .]
To ornament with raised work ;
to variegate ;
to diversify .
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Whose skirt with gold was fretted all about . --
Spenser .
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Yon gray lines ,
That fret the clouds ,
are messengers of day . --
Shak .
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Fret \
Fret \,
v .
i .
1 .
To be worn away ;
to chafe ;
to fray ;
as ,
a wristband frets on the edges .
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2 .
To eat in ;
to make way by corrosion .
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Many wheals arose ,
and fretted one into another with great excoriation . --
Wiseman .
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3 .
To be agitated ;
to be in violent commotion ;
to rankle ;
as ,
rancor frets in the malignant breast .
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4 .
To be vexed ;
to be chafed or irritated ;
to be angry ;
to utter peevish expressions .
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He frets ,
he fumes ,
he stares ,
he stamps the ground .
--
Dryden .
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Fret \
Fret \ (
fr [
e ^]
t ),
n . [
Obs .]
See 1st {
Frith }.
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Fret \
Fret \ (
fr [
e ^]
t ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Fretted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Fretting }.] [
OE .
freten to eat ,
consume ;
AS .
fretan ,
for foretan ;
pref .
for -
etan to eat ;
akin to D .
vreten ,
OHG .
frezzan ,
G .
fressen ,
Sw .
fr [
aum ]
ta ,
Goth .
fra -
itan .
See {
For },
and {
Eat },
v .
t .]
1 .
To devour . [
Obs .]
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The sow frete the child right in the cradle .
--
Chaucer .
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2 .
To rub ;
to wear away by friction ;
to chafe ;
to gall ;
hence ,
to eat away ;
to gnaw ;
as ,
to fret cloth ;
to fret a piece of gold or other metal ;
a worm frets the plants of a ship .
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With many a curve my banks I fret . --
Tennyson .
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3 .
To impair ;
to wear away ;
to diminish .
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By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear . --
Shak .
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4 .
To make rough ,
agitate ,
or disturb ;
to cause to ripple ;
as ,
to fret the surface of water .
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5 .
To tease ;
to irritate ;
to vex .
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Fret not thyself because of evil doers . --
Ps .
xxxvii .
1 .
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Fret \
Fret \,
n .
1 .
Ornamental work in relief ,
as carving or embossing .
See {
Fretwork }.
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2 . (
Arch .)
An ornament consisting of small fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles ,
as in classical designs ,
or at oblique angles ,
as often in Oriental art .
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His lady '
s cabinet is a adorned on the fret ,
ceiling ,
and chimney -
piece with . . .
carving .
--
Evelyn .
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3 .
The reticulated headdress or net ,
made of gold or silver wire ,
in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair .
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A fret of gold she had next her hair . --
Chaucer .
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{
Fret saw },
a saw with a long ,
narrow blade ,
used in cutting frets ,
scrolls ,
etc .;
a scroll saw ;
a keyhole saw ;
a compass saw .
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Fret \
Fret \,
n .
1 .
The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause ;
a rippling on the surface of water .
--
Addison .
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2 .
Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience ;
disturbance of temper ;
irritation ;
as ,
he keeps his mind in a continual fret .
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Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret . --
Pope .
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3 .
Herpes ;
tetter . --
Dunglison .
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4 .
pl . (
Mining )
The worn sides of river banks ,
where ores ,
or stones containing them ,
accumulate by being washed down from the hills ,
and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins .
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Fret \
Fret \,
n . [
F .
frette a saltire ,
also a hoop ,
ferrule ,
prob .
a dim .
of L .
ferrum iron .
For sense 2 ,
cf .
also E .
fret to rub .]
1 . (
Her .)
A saltire interlaced with a mascle .
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2 . (
Mus .)
A short piece of wire ,
or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument ,
to indicate where the finger is to be placed .
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Fret \
Fret \,
v .
t .
To furnish with frets ,
as an instrument of music .
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471 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fret ":
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abrade ,
abrase ,
ache ,
achievement ,
aching ,
afflict ,
aggravate ,
agitate ,
agonize ,
ail ,
air a grievance ,
alerion ,
angina ,
animal charge ,
annoy ,
annulet ,
arabesque ,
argent ,
armorial bearings ,
armory ,
arms ,
arouse ,
azure ,
backache ,
bandeau ,
bar ,
bar sinister ,
bark ,
basketry ,
basketwork ,
baton ,
be concerned ,
be livid ,
be pissed ,
bearings ,
beat ,
beat up ,
beef ,
bellyache ,
bend ,
bend sinister ,
beset ,
billet ,
bitch ,
bite ,
blazon ,
blazonry ,
bleed ,
blemish ,
bloody ,
bluster ,
boil ,
bordure ,
bother ,
break ,
bristle ,
broad arrow ,
brood ,
brood over ,
browned off ,
bug ,
burn ,
burn to ,
cadency mark ,
cancellation ,
canton ,
carp at ,
carry on ,
cephalalgia ,
chafe ,
chaplet ,
charge ,
check ,
chevron ,
chief ,
chip ,
churn ,
churn up ,
clamor ,
claw ,
coat of arms ,
cockatrice ,
cockle ,
colic ,
collywobbles ,
complain ,
concern ,
convulse ,
coronet ,
crab ,
crack ,
craze ,
crescent ,
crest ,
croak ,
cross ,
cross moline ,
cross -
hatching ,
crossing -
out ,
crown ,
crucify ,
cut ,
device ,
difference ,
differencing ,
dimple ,
disarrange ,
discompose ,
disquiet ,
distress ,
disturb ,
dither ,
dog ,
dudgeon ,
eagle ,
earache ,
embitter ,
embitterment ,
erase ,
ermine ,
ermines ,
erminites ,
erminois ,
erode ,
escutcheon ,
exacerbate ,
exacerbation ,
exasperate ,
excite ,
excoriate ,
excruciate ,
exercise ,
falcon ,
ferment ,
fess ,
fess point ,
fester ,
field ,
file ,
filigree ,
flanch ,
flap ,
fleur -
de -
lis ,
flurry ,
fluster ,
flusteration ,
flustration ,
flutter ,
foofaraw ,
fracture ,
fray ,
frazzle ,
fret and fume ,
fret at ,
fretwork ,
fume ,
fur ,
fusil ,
fuss ,
fuss at ,
gall ,
garland ,
gash ,
get excited ,
give pain ,
gnaw ,
gnaw away ,
gnawing ,
go on ,
grate ,
grate on ,
grating ,
gravel ,
graze ,
grid ,
gridiron ,
grieve ,
griffin ,
grille ,
grillwork ,
grind ,
gripe ,
gripes ,
grit ,
groan ,
grouch ,
grouse ,
growl ,
grumble ,
grump ,
grunt ,
gules ,
gut -
ache ,
gyron ,
hachure ,
harass ,
hardly wait ,
harrow ,
harry ,
hassle ,
hasten ,
hatching ,
hatchment ,
haunt ,
have a conniption ,
headache ,
heartburn ,
helmet ,
hemicrania ,
henpeck ,
heraldic device ,
high dudgeon ,
holler ,
honor point ,
hound ,
howl ,
huff ,
hurt ,
impalement ,
impaling ,
incense ,
incise ,
inescutcheon ,
inflame ,
inflict pain ,
injure ,
interlacement ,
intertexture ,
intertwinement ,
irk ,
irritant ,
irritate ,
irritation ,
itch to ,
jump the gun ,
kick ,
kill by inches ,
label ,
lace ,
lacerate ,
lacery ,
lacework ,
lacing ,
lather ,
lattice ,
latticework ,
lion ,
lodge a complaint ,
lozenge ,
maim ,
make mincemeat of ,
mantling ,
marshaling ,
martlet ,
martyr ,
martyrize ,
mascle ,
maul ,
megrim ,
mesh ,
meshes ,
meshwork ,
metal ,
miff ,
migraine ,
mope ,
motto ,
mourn ,
mullet ,
murmur ,
mutilate ,
mutter ,
nag ,
net ,
netting ,
nettle ,
network ,
nibble at ,
niggle ,
nip ,
nombril point ,
octofoil ,
odontalgia ,
or ,
ordinary ,
orle ,
otalgia ,
paddle ,
pain ,
pale ,
paly ,
pean ,
peck at ,
peeve ,
persecute ,
perturb ,
perturbate ,
pester ,
pet ,
pheon ,
pick at ,
pick on ,
pierce ,
pinch ,
pine ,
pine away ,
pique ,
pissed off ,
plague ,
plexure ,
plexus ,
pother ,
prick ,
prolong the agony ,
provocation ,
provoke ,
pucker ,
puncture ,
purpure ,
put to torture ,
pyrosis ,
quarter ,
quartering ,
rack ,
raddle ,
rage ,
raise Cain ,
raise a howl ,
raise hell ,
raise the devil ,
raise the roof ,
rankle ,
rant ,
rant and rave ,
rasp ,
rave ,
raze ,
register a complaint ,
rend ,
reticle ,
reticulation ,
reticule ,
reticulum ,
riddle ,
riffle ,
rile ,
rip ,
ripple ,
roil ,
rose ,
roughen ,
rub ,
rub away ,
rub off ,
rub out ,
ruffle ,
rumple ,
run ,
rupture ,
sable ,
saltire ,
savage ,
scald ,
scorch ,
scotch ,
scour ,
scrape ,
scratch ,
screen ,
screening ,
scrub ,
scuff ,
scutcheon ,
seethe ,
set on edge ,
set up ,
shake ,
shake up ,
shield ,
sick headache ,
sieve ,
simmer ,
sizzle ,
skin ,
slash ,
slit ,
smoke ,
smolder ,
sorrow ,
splitting headache ,
sprain ,
spread eagle ,
squawk ,
squirm ,
stab ,
stew ,
stick ,
sting ,
stir ,
stir the blood ,
stir up ,
stomachache ,
storm ,
strain ,
subordinary ,
sulk ,
sweat ,
sweat and stew ,
sweat it out ,
swirl ,
swivet ,
take on ,
tatter ,
tear ,
tenne ,
texture ,
throbbing pain ,
throw a fit ,
tiff ,
tincture ,
tissue ,
tizzy ,
toothache ,
torment ,
torse ,
torture ,
tracery ,
traumatize ,
trellis ,
trelliswork ,
tweak ,
twist ,
twitter ,
twitteration ,
unicorn ,
upset ,
vair ,
vert ,
vex ,
wait impatiently ,
wattle ,
wear ,
wear away ,
wear down ,
wear off ,
wear out ,
wear ragged ,
weather ,
weave ,
weaving ,
web ,
webbing ,
webwork ,
weft ,
whine ,
whip ,
whip up ,
whisk ,
wicker ,
wickerwork ,
work up ,
worry ,
wound ,
wreath ,
wrench ,
wring ,
yale ,
yap ,
yap at ,
yelp
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