fraying
present participle offray
| 单词 | fraying |
| 释义 | fraying present participle offray fray verb uk/freɪ/us/freɪ/frayverb(CLOTH)[IorT] tobecomeor tocausethethreadsinclothorropetobecomeslightlyseparated,formingloosethreadsat theedgeor end: Denim frays soeasily. I frayed theedgesof myjeanssince that was thefashionin thosedays. Tearing and breaking into pieces
frayverb(BECOME ANNOYED)[I] Ifyourtemperfrays oryournervesfray, yougraduallybecomeupsetorannoyed: Tempers frayed as thousands ofdriversbegantheChristmasholidaywithlongwaitsintrafficjams. Becoming angry and expressing anger
Idiomfray around/at the edges Examplesoffrayingfraying 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 befrayingat the edges. From theCambridge English Corpus For instance, the age of tsetse flies might be determined from the relationship between the pattern quantified and age-related changes such as wingfraying. From theCambridge English Corpus Even wing rubbing, fading orfraying, previously referred to as a nuisance factor, may be of intrinsic interest. From theCambridge English Corpus We look into the fraught andfrayingedges of a community, where its influential men were needed to keep the whole group together. From theCambridge English Corpus Polymastix in which the periplast isfrayingoft. From theCambridge English Corpus It shows how local government services arefrayingat the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be that the curtains arefrayingor the carpet is going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is where the "resolute approach" is alreadyfrayingat the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Tempers arefrayingand frustration is building up fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has evidently been on his mind andfrayinghis nerves ever since breakfast time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not say that it has disappeared altogether, but it isfraying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot be cured byfrayingat the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The eurozone is already starting to show signs offrayingat the edges. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English National parks are special, and many of them arefrayingat the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is just thatfrayingat 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 theOpen 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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