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 stream from the mountain slope fretted a channel through the soft earth along the mountain foot.
山坡上下来的小溪流侵袭着松软的土地，沿着山脚跟形成了一条沟渠。
I lingered outside, and fretted much more.
我徘徊在你的门外，焦躁难耐。
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。
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。
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。
The horse fretted the strap till it broke.
马磨损皮带直到它断掉。
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。
The shares fell 4 per cent as investors fretted about margin growth.
随着投资者对利润率增长感到担忧，其股价下跌了4%。
When he was forbidden to play, he fretted through a winter on the sidelines.
他被禁止参加比赛后，整个冬天都烦恼地坐在旁观席上。
She fretted, however, at last, over the lack of stability.
然而她最终对颠簸的生活感到烦恼。