fret
verb/fret/
/fret/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fret | /fret/ /fret/ |
| he / she / it frets | /frets/ /frets/ |
| past simple fretted | /ˈfretɪd/ /ˈfretɪd/ |
| past participle fretted | /ˈfretɪd/ /ˈfretɪd/ |
| -ing form fretting | /ˈfretɪŋ/ /ˈfretɪŋ/ |
- to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax
苦恼；烦躁；焦虑不安 - Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.
她一走出房间，婴儿就躁动起来。 - Fretting, he looked again at his watch.
他心烦意乱，又看了看手表。 - fret about something Fretting about it won't help.
苦恼于事无补。 - fret over something He was fretting over his speech.
他为自己的演讲而烦恼。 - fret that… She fretted that nobody would show up.
她担心没人会出现。
Word Originverb Old English fretan ‘devour, consume’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vreten and German fressen, and ultimately to eat. - Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.
