fray
音标发音
- 英式音标 [freɪ]
- 美式音标 [freɪ]
- 国际音标 [frei]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 磨损,磨松;紧张,烦躁;用头磨
- n. 争论;打架;磨损处
- n. (Fray) (美、英、法、俄)弗雷(人名)
词根记忆
- f + ray(光线)→时光催人老→磨损,磨破
- f + ray(光线)→时光催人老→磨破
- 和flay(v.剥皮;抢夺)一起记
英汉例句
- This kind of living was beginning to fray her nerves.
这种生活开始让她神经紧张。 - Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score.
随着两队都没能破门得分,大家渐渐沉不住气了。 - He would be inspiring young people to get into the political fray.
他会激励年轻人投身政治战斗。 - He is raring to charge into the fray and lay down the law.
他急切地想管管这场闹剧,教训他们一顿。 - This kind of living was beginning to fray her nerves.
这种生活开始让她神经紧张。
英英字典
- (CLOTH) to become or to cause the threads in cloth or rope to become slightly separated, forming loose threads at the edge or end
- (BECOME ANNOYED) If your temper frays or your nerves fray, you gradually become upset or annoyed.
- an energetic and often not well-organized effort, activity, fight, or disagreement
- If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance.
- If your nerves or your temper fray, or if something frays them, you become nervous or easily annoyed because of mental strain and anxiety.
- a noisy quarrel
- a fight or brawl
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专业释义
- 磨损