| 词汇 | fraying |
| 释义 | fraying present participle offray fray verb uk /freɪ/ us /freɪ/ frayverb (CLOTH)[ I or T ] to become or to cause the threads in cloth or rope to become slightly separated, forming loose threads at the edge or end: （使）（布料或绳子）磨损，（使）磨散 Denim frays so easily.劳动布很容易磨损。 I frayed the edges of my jeans since that was the fashion in those days.我把牛仔裤的边儿磨毛了，在那个时代这样很时髦。 Tearing and breaking into pieces apart asunder bobble bobbly break into pieces chip crack disintegration dismantle fall to piecesidiom fragment fragmentation rip shred snag snap splinter split sunder tear something apart frayverb (BECOME ANNOYED)[ I ] If your temper frays or your nerves fray, you gradually become upset or annoyed: （渐渐地）烦躁，恼火 Tempers frayed as thousands of drivers began the Christmas holiday with long waits in traffic jams.圣诞假期一开始就有数千人开着车排成长龙拥堵在道路上，令大家恼火不已。 Becoming angry and expressing anger (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom ape ballistic bananas bay for bloodidiom blow chip fulminating fume get bent out of shapeidiom get your knickers in a twistidiom give someone evilsidiom go through the roofidiom roof splenetic splenetically stew strop temper throw Idiomfray around/at the edges Examples of frayingfraying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The divisions created in the colonial era and perpetuated in the post-colonial one may indeed be fraying at the edges. For instance, the age of tsetse flies might be determined from the relationship between the pattern quantified and age-related changes such as wing fraying. Even wing rubbing, fading or fraying, previously referred to as a nuisance factor, may be of intrinsic interest. We look into the fraught and fraying edges of a community, where its influential men were needed to keep the whole group together. Polymastix in which the periplast is fraying oft. It shows how local government services are fraying at the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be that the curtains are fraying or the carpet is going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is where the "resolute approach" is already fraying at the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tempers are fraying and frustration is building up fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has evidently been on his mind and fraying his nerves ever since breakfast time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not say that it has disappeared altogether, but it is fraying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot be cured by fraying at the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The eurozone is already starting to show signs of fraying at the edges. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English National parks are special, and many of them are fraying at the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is just that fraying at the edges, formal and informal, which has got us into the desperate situation in which we all admit we find ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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