fret

fret
[frɛt; frɛt] (發音來源)
使...煩惱

單字解釋

fret
[frɛt; frɛt]
<<可數名詞>>
(吉他等的) 琴格
(橫過指板的細條,彈奏時用以表示弦的位置)
fret

《源自古英語「食盡」的意思》(fret.ted; fret.ting)
<<及物動詞>>
1 a. 使<人>煩躁,使…煩惱
The noise ~s me.
噪音使我煩躁
b. [~ oneself] [因某事而] 煩躁,煩惱[about, over]
You need not ~ yourself about that.
你不必為那件事自尋煩惱
c. 煩悶地度過 <時間、生涯>
Don't ~ away [out] your life.
別在煩惱中過日子
2 <風>吹縐<水面>,使<水面>起波紋
3 <銹、水等> 逐漸侵蝕…
<<不及物動詞>>
1 a. 煩躁,苦悶; <嬰兒>哭鬧,磨人
He was fretting with impatience.
他因不耐煩而煩躁不安
b. [因某事]苦悶,煩惱 [about,over,at]
You had better not ~ about your mistakes.
你最好不要為你的錯誤而煩惱
She is fretting at her son's idleness.
她正為了兒子的游手好閒而擔憂
2 <水面>起波紋
3 <銹、水等> 腐蝕
fret,fuss and fume
[對…]焦急發怒 [over,about]
<<名詞>>
[用單數]焦急; 煩惱
in a ~ = on the ~
焦急,煩悶
fret

<<可數名詞>>
1 『建築』回紋飾,?d字浮雕
2 『紋章』回紋圖案
<<及物動詞>>
(fret.ted; fretting)
以回紋裝飾…

n. 煩躁, 磨損, 焦急, 網狀飾物
vi. 煩惱, 不滿, 磨損
vt. 使煩惱, 腐蝕, 使磨損, 使起波紋
相關詞組:
in a fret
【GRE紅寶書】
FRET v./n. (使)煩躁,焦慮
(英) v./n. (使)煩躁，焦慮(to irritate; vex; annoy; worry)
(例) He fretted all the time for news of her.

【GRE藍寶書】
n.苦惱；侵蝕 v.使苦惱；侵蝕；煩惱
(類) fret·vexation=draconia n·inclement 煩惱·煩惱=嚴峻的·嚴酷的(同義 )
(同) worry, fuss, pother, annoy, chafe, gall, irk, provoke, ruffle, vex

【不擇手段】
v /n （使）煩躁，焦慮，擔心＝irri tate＝vex＝annoy＝worry ；回紋飾（一種重複性的、對稱 性的裝飾性設計）；格子細工
(記) fr＝free，et小－飛來一隻小 蒼蠅fret你－（使）煩躁，擔心
(參) fretful（adj 煩燥的；焦躁的）＝peevish
(類) draconian:inclemency＝ fret:vexation嚴峻的就是嚴 酷＝煩惱就是煩惱（詞性不符， 其實還有很對沒有註明，這都是 機經的緣故）

【Barron】
to be annonyed or vexed
To fret over your poor grades is foolish; instead, decide to work harder in the future.

【21世紀英漢詞典】
fret
(吉他等的) 琴格
(橫過指板的細條,彈奏時用以表 示弦的位置)

【Collins】  ◆◇◇◇◇

1 fret frets fretting fretted
If you fret about something, you worry about it.
I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.
But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.
Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake, and Max will fix it.
= worry
VB

2 fret frets
The frets on a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.
N-COUNT

英字分解

• f
• ret

f
［音似］ 夫; 父; 付; 弗; 伕; 伏; 孚; 扶; 甫; 咐; 府; 拂; 斧; 服; 芙; 附; 氟; 訃; 負; 赴; 俯; 浮; 釜; 副; 匐; 婦; 符; 傅; 富; 幅; 復; 腑; 蜉; 孵; 福; 腐; 輔; 撫; 敷; 膚; 蝠; 複; 賦; 駙; 麩; 褔; 縛

ret
[rZt; ret]
[rɛt; rɛt]
<<及物動詞>>
(ret.ted; ret.ting)
以水浸漬 <麻、木材等>

列根成形

f

斧

ret

以水浸漬

fret

使…煩惱

創義薛說

斧頭被以水浸漬 （指掉到湖裡去了） ➔ 使你煩惱，然後湖神後來送你金斧銀斧。
使你煩惱是真的，其他是寓言，不足為信。所以這個字是煩躁煩惱，不要記成歡喜，幸運啊！