fray

[美國]/freɪ/
[英國]/freɪ/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 爭論;打架;磨損處
vt. 使磨損;變得緊張、急躁
vi. 被磨損
Word Forms
複數frays
過去分詞frayed
現在分詞fraying
過去式frayed
第三人稱單數frays

短語搭配

fray of emotions

情緒激動

enter the fray

加入戰鬥

fray of battle

戰鬥激烈

fray of words

言語激烈

beyond the fray

脫離紛爭

例句

fray the edge of a shirt sleeve

磨破襯衫的袖口

Are you ready for the fray?

你準備好鬥爭一番了嗎?

This material frays easily.

這種材料很容易磨損。

The argument frayed their nerves.

爭辯使他們不快。

Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.

大熱天脾氣煩燥。

Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.

對這位領導人的支持已經開始瓦解。

repeated noises that fray the nerves.

令人神經緊張的反反覆覆的噪音

The buckram was frayed on the antique volume.

/裝訂古籍書的硬棉已經被磨損了。

Why should you get involved in their fray?

你爲什麼要介入他們的爭吵呢?

This old jumper of mine is frayed at the sleeve cuff.

我的這件毛織上衣的袖口已經磨損了。

The electric wire is fraying and could be dangerous to handle.

"電線有點磨損了,接觸有危險。"

Ravel comes from the obsolete Dutch verb ravelen, “to tangle, fray out, unweave,” which comes in turn from the noun ravel, “a loose thread.

<b>Ravel</b> 這個詞來源於意爲“糾纏,磨損掉,解開”的廢荷蘭語動詞ravelen, 而這個詞又是從意爲“一束松線”的名詞<b>ravel</b> 衍生而來的。

原聲例句

I just needed something solid to stop the fray between those fraternal twins.

我正好需要一個堅硬的東西阻止雙胞胎兄弟之間的衝突。

來源: Hu Min reads stories to remember TOEFL vocabulary.

I make the rope that doesn't fray.

我可以做成不會磨損的繩子。

來源: Children's Encyclopedia Song

Still, residents say their nerves are frayed.

不過,居民們說他們的神經已經緊張了。

來源: CNN 10 Student English February 2018 Collection

And just as she reversed course, a dark horse entered the fray.

就在她改變方向的時候,一匹“黑馬”出現了。

來源: CNN 10 Student English March 2023 Collection

Whereas I open his joint capsule, I could immediately see this ACL was all frayed.

當我打開他的關節囊時,我立刻看到前交叉韌帶都磨損了。

來源: National Geographic Science Popularization (Video Version)

This came after the former president threw out another subtle hint of possibly joining the fray.

此前,這位前總統拋出了另一個可能加入這場競選的微妙暗示。

來源: Newsweek

But he never pretends that art can stay immune from ideology, high above the fray.

但是他從來都不認爲藝術能與意識形態劃清界線,能夠高高的凌駕於爭論之上作壁上觀。

來源: The Power of Art - Pablo Picasso

Theologians joined the fray, arguing that vampires were physical beings that proved the existence of an afterlife.

然而, 另一些人認爲, 這種現象確實很猖獗, 需要當局加以處理.

來源: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

My relationships were fraying or failing.

我的人際關係也在日益衰弱。

來源: TED Talks (Video Edition) June 2017 Collection

This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.

帽子打着補丁,磨得很舊,而且髒極了。

來源: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

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