Fret

[fret] or [frɛt]

解释:

(noun.) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch.

(noun.) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); 'there was a simple fret at the top of the walls'.

(noun.) agitation resulting from active worry; 'don't get in a stew'; 'he's in a sweat about exams'.

(verb.) wear away or erode.

(verb.) decorate with an interlaced design.

(verb.) carve a pattern into.

(verb.) be agitated or irritated; 'don't fret over these small details'.

(verb.) cause annoyance in.

(verb.) provide (a musical instrument) with frets; 'fret a guitar'.

海伦手打--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) See 1st Frith.

(v. t.) To devour.

(v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.

(v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

(v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.

(v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.

(v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.

(v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

(v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.

(v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

(n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

(n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.

(n.) Herpes; tetter.

(n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.

(v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

(n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.

(n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.

(n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.

(n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

(n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.

(v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

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同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Rub, chafe, wear (by friction), wear away.[2]. Vex, tease, irritate, gall, provoke, nettle, affront, make angry.[3]. Variegate, diversify.

v. n. Chafe, fume, rage, be vexed, be irritated, be chafed, be peevish, be fretful, be angry.

n. [1]. Agitation, irritation, vexation.[2]. Herpes, tetter, ringworm.

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同义词及反义词：

[See CHAFE]

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解释:

n. a piece of interlaced ornamental work: (archit.) an ornament consisting of small fillets intersecting each other at right angles: (her.) bars crossed and interlaced.—ns. Fret′-saw a saw with a narrow blade and fine teeth used for fret-work scroll-work &c.; Frette a hoop for strengthening a cannon shrunk on its breach.—adjs. Fret′ted Fret′ty ornamented with frets.—n. Fret′-work ornamental work consisting of a combination of frets perforated work.

n. a short wire on the finger-board of a guitar or other instrument.—v.t. to furnish with frets.

v.t. to ornament with raised work: to variegate:—pr.p. fret′ting; pa.p. fret′ted.

v.t. to wear away by rubbing to rub chafe ripple disturb: to eat into: to vex to irritate.—v.i. to wear away: to vex one's self: to be peevish:—pr.p. fret′ting; pa.p. fret′ted (B.) fret.—n. agitation of the surface of a liquid: irritation: the worn side of the banks of a river.—adj. Fret′ful peevish.—adv. Fret′fully.—n. Fret′fulness.—p.adj. Fret′ting vexing.—n. peevishness.

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