fray

[美]/freɪ/
[英]/freɪ/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 争论;打架;磨损处
vt. 使磨损;变得紧张、急躁
vi. 被磨损
词形变化
复数frays
过去分词frayed
现在分词fraying
过去式frayed
第三人称单数frays

短语搭配

fray of emotions

情绪激动

enter the fray

加入战斗

fray of battle

战斗激烈

fray of words

言语激烈

beyond the fray

脱离纷争

例句

fray the edge of a shirt sleeve

磨破衬衫的袖口

Are you ready for the fray?

你准备好斗争一番了吗?

This material frays easily.

这种材料很容易磨损。

The argument frayed their nerves.

争辩使他们不快。

Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.

大热天脾气烦燥。

Support for the leader was fraying at the edges.

对这位领导人的支持已经开始瓦解。

repeated noises that fray the nerves.

令人神经紧张的反反复复的噪音

The buckram was frayed on the antique volume.

/装订古籍书的硬棉已经被磨损了。

Why should you get involved in their fray?

你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢?

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

我的这件毛织上衣的袖口已经磨损了。

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

"电线有点磨损了,接触有危险。"

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

Ravel 这个词来源于意为“纠缠,磨损掉,解开”的废荷兰语动词ravelen, 而这个词又是从意为“一束松线”的名词ravel 衍生而来的。

原声例句

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

我正好需要一个坚硬的东西阻止双胞胎兄弟之间的冲突。

来源: Hu Min reads stories to remember TOEFL vocabulary.

I make the rope that doesn't fray.

我可以做成不会磨损的绳子。

来源: Children's Encyclopedia Song

Still, residents say their nerves are frayed.

不过,居民们说他们的神经已经紧张了。

来源: CNN 10 Student English February 2018 Collection

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

就在她改变方向的时候,一匹“黑马”出现了。

来源: CNN 10 Student English March 2023 Collection

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

当我打开他的关节囊时,我立刻看到前交叉韧带都磨损了。

来源: National Geographic Science Popularization (Video Version)

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

此前,这位前总统抛出了另一个可能加入这场竞选的微妙暗示。

来源: Newsweek

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

但是他从来都不认为艺术能与意识形态划清界线,能够高高的凌驾于争论之上作壁上观。

来源: 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, 另一些人认为, 这种现象确实很猖獗, 需要当局加以处理.

来源: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

My relationships were fraying or failing.

我的人际关系也在日益衰弱。

来源: TED Talks (Video Edition) June 2017 Collection

This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.

帽子打着补丁,磨得很旧,而且脏极了。

来源: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

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