fray
英 [freɪ]
美[fre]
- n. 争论；打架；磨损处
- vt. 使磨损；变得令人紧张、急躁
- vi. 被磨损
- n. (Fray)人名；(法)弗雷；(德)弗赖；(匈)弗劳伊
词态变化
第三人称单数: frays;过去式: frayed;过去分词: frayed;现在分词: fraying;形容词: frayed;
助记提示
1. afraid => affray => fray.
2. shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid).
3. friction => fray.
4. contraction and variant of friction.
2. shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid).
3. friction => fray.
4. contraction and variant of friction.
中文词源
fray 磨损
来自拉丁语fricare, 磨损，刮擦，词源同friction, dentifrice.
fray 烦燥，恼火，吵架缩写自affray, 打架滋事，闹事，使恐慌，词源同afraid.
英英释意
- 1. a noisy fight
英文词源
- fray (n.)
- mid-14c., "feeling of alarm," shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid). Meaning "a brawl, a fight" is from early 15c. (late 14c. in Anglo-Latin). Fraymaker "fighter, brawler" is found in a 1530s statute recorded by Prynne ("Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes," 1643). Nares' "Glossary" has frayment (1540s).
- fray (v.)
- "wear off by rubbing," c. 1400, from Old French fraiier, froiier "to rub against, scrape; thrust against" (also in reference to copulation), from Latin fricare "to rub, rub down" (see friction). Intransitive sense "to ravel out" (of fabric, etc.) is from 1721. The noun meaning "a frayed place in a garment" is from 1620s. Related: Frayed; fraying.
实用场景例句
- They were ready for the fray.
- 他们准备好了争斗。
牛津词典
- to enter/join the fray
- 加入争辩
牛津词典
- At 71, he has now retired from the political fray.
- 他现年71岁，已经退出了政治角逐。
牛津词典
- The cuffs of his shirt were fraying.
- 他衬衣的袖口磨破了。
牛津词典
- This material frays easily.
- 这布料容易磨损。
牛津词典
- It was fashionable to fray the bottoms of your jeans.
- 曾经时兴把牛仔裤磨毛。
牛津词典
- As the debate went on, tempers began to fray.
- 随着辩论的继续，火气就上来了。
牛津词典
- frayed denim shorts
- 磨损的牛仔短裤
牛津词典
- Tempers were getting very frayed.
- 脾气变得暴躁起来。
牛津词典
- Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.
- 对这位领导人的拥护已开始瓦解。
牛津词典
- There are signs that the alliance is now fraying at the edges...
- 有迹象表明该联盟现正分崩离析。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their marriage is getting a little frayed around the edges...
- 他们的婚姻开始出现裂痕。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The fabric is very fine or frays easily...
- 这种布料非常精细，或者说容易磨损。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The stitching had begun to fray at the edges...
- 边上的针脚磨得已经开始脱线了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This kind of living was beginning to fray her nerves.
- 这种生活开始让她神经紧张。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There will have to be a second round of voting when new candidates can enter the fray...
- 将不得不进行允许新的候选人加入角逐的第二轮投票。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She encouraged the hospitable impulse and promised in advance to hurl herself into the fray.
- 她赞赏这种殷勤好客的热诚,而且先行表示,她一定要痛痛快快玩一下.
辞典例句
- Enter , several of both houses, who join the fray; then enter Citizens, with clubs.
- 两家各有若干人上, 加入争斗; 一群市民持枪棍继上.
期刊摘选
- He joined the fray.
- 他参加了争吵.
期刊摘选
- Nerves / Tempers began to fray in the heat.
- 天热的时候人就容易神经紧张[脾气急躁].
辞典例句
- Are you ready for the fray?
- 你准备好斗争一番了 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- Like most big life insurers, Aviva did enter the fray with one distinct advantage.
- 跟大部分大型人寿保险公司一样, 英杰华在竞争中确实有着自身独有的优势.
期刊摘选
- The first blow makes the anger, but the second makes the fray.
- 第一拳引起愤怒, 第二拳招致争吵.
期刊摘选
- Saudi Arabia, now the Arabs'diplomatic heavyweight, has joined the fray too.
- 目前阿拉伯国家中的外交要国沙特阿拉伯也已经参与了这个冲突.
期刊摘选
- Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.
- 大热天脾气烦燥.
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