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fret v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)磨损；侵蚀n.烦躁；磨损；焦急n.[音]音品；音柱 (1) 你总为了莫须有的事，把自己弄得烦恼不已。(2) 不要为这些小事烦恼。(3) 她讲话时，我们看得出她很烦躁。(4) 现在俄罗斯开始成了华盛顿高度戒备的地方，很多有经验的外交家们也为担心形势失控而烦躁忧虑。 Fret comes from the Old English word freton which means to devour like an animal. When you fret over something, it consumes your thoughts. If you tell your mother to not fret about you while you're at a sleepover camp, you're telling her to not worry about you too much. Sometimes it means to be agitated though. When you're waiting for the results of an exam, you might fret and wring your hands. In a totally unrelated meaning, a guitar player calls the raised lines on the neck of the guitar that help him play correctly frets.

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英 [fret] 美 [fret] (1) You always get yourself into a fret over nothing.(2) Don't fret over these small details.(3) As she spoke we could see that she was in a fret.(4) Now Russia is the top focus in Washington and some veteran diplomats fret about the situation spiraling out of control. When you fret, you worry so much about something that it eats away at you. Many people fret about taking standardized tests, but really, they're nothing to sweat. 1[VERB 动词]苦恼；烦恼；发愁 If you fret about something, you worry about it.   [V about/over n]  [V that]  [V]I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems...我一刻不闲地工作，总是为别人的事操心。But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more...但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品 The frets on a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

英语单词	fret
英美音标	英 [fret] 美 [fret]
中文释义	v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)磨损；侵蚀 n.烦躁；磨损；焦急 n.[音]音品；音柱
英语例句	(1) You always get yourself into a fret over nothing. (2) Don't fret over these small details. (3) As she spoke we could see that she was in a fret. (4) Now Russia is the top focus in Washington and some veteran diplomats fret about the situation spiraling out of control.
中文例句	(1) 你总为了莫须有的事，把自己弄得烦恼不已。 (2) 不要为这些小事烦恼。 (3) 她讲话时，我们看得出她很烦躁。 (4) 现在俄罗斯开始成了华盛顿高度戒备的地方，很多有经验的外交家们也为担心形势失控而烦躁忧虑。
vocabulary简明	When you fret, you worry so much about something that it eats away at you. Many people fret about taking standardized tests, but really, they're nothing to sweat.
vocabulary扩展	Fret comes from the Old English word freton which means to devour like an animal. When you fret over something, it consumes your thoughts. If you tell your mother to not fret about you while you're at a sleepover camp, you're telling her to not worry about you too much. Sometimes it means to be agitated though. When you're waiting for the results of an exam, you might fret and wring your hands. In a totally unrelated meaning, a guitar player calls the raised lines on the neck of the guitar that help him play correctly frets.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]苦恼；烦恼；发愁 If you fret about something, you worry about it. [V about/over n] [V that] [V] I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems... 我一刻不闲地工作，总是为别人的事操心。 But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more... 但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。 Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake. 不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品 The frets on a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

Fret Worry Guitar Means Raised Lines [V 英