fretted

英 [ˈfretɪd]

美 [ˈfretɪd]

adj. 回纹饰的
v. 苦恼; 烦躁; 焦虑不安
fret的过去分词和过去式

过去式：fretted　

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牛津词典

adj.

VERB 苦恼;烦恼;发愁
If youfretabout something, you worry about it.
1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
(吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品
Thefretson a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

adj

having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
Synonym:interlacedlatticedlatticelike
having frets

The cat fretted when her kittens were taken away.
看到自己的幼仔被带走，那只猫变得紧张起来。
Guitars and lutes are fretted musical instruments.
吉他和诗琴都是装有品的乐器。
But they had long fretted that the process would end in tears.
但他们一直担心这个过程将以失败告终。
He fretted away his life.
他在烦恼中消磨了一生。
The horse fretted the strap till it broke.
马磨损皮带直到它断掉。
By 2007, New York fretted at being overtaken by London as a global centre.
到2007年，纽约已开始担心其全球金融中心的地位会被伦敦取代。
I fretted and took to arguing with myself whether or not I would talk openly with Kurtz.
我异常恼火，并在心下暗自嘀咕，好不好公开地和库尔茨谈一谈。
The mist took pity on the fretted structures of earlier generations.
在薄雾中，经过前几代岁月消蚀的建筑显得分外可怜。
When spring came round, he would begin to feel fretted, and he got to drinking.
当春天来了一轮，他将开始感到担忧，他获得饮用水。
For days the boy fretted about his lost dog.
一连几天，那个男孩为失去的狗焦急不安。