| 单词 | fray |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [frei] |
| 解释 | n. 吵架,打斗;v. 磨破 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 吵架,打斗(a noisy quarrel or fight; brawl);v. 磨破(become worn, ragged or raveled by rubbing) 【记】 和flay(剥皮)一起记 【例】 rush into the fray. The electric wire is fraying.(电线磨损). |
| 字源 | fray (n.) mid-14c., "feeling of alarm," shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid). Meaning "a brawl, a fight" is from early 15c. (but late 14c. in Anglo-Latin). Fraymaker "fighter, brawler" is an excellent word from a 1530s statute. fray (v.) "wear out by rubbing," c.1400, from Middle French frayer "to rub against," from Old French froiier "rub, scrape," from Latin fricare "to rub, rub down" (see friction). Related: Frayed; fraying. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 吵架 = brawl; 激烈争执或辩论; v 使惊恐; 使害怕; 使磨损 【记】flay(vt 剥皮; 抢夺; 严厉批评)中的l像刀, 可以剥皮, 抢劫fray中的r像嘴-吵架 【区】foray(n 突袭)for ray: 为了光明 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】foray是袭击,这个是吵架 |
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