informal <非正式>
with obj.
1
- usu. as adj. frazzled cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out使筋疲力尽; 使疲惫不堪:
a frazzled parent.
筋疲力尽的家长。
2
- cause to shrivel up with burning使被烫皱:
we frazzle our hair with heated appliances.
我们用加热电器烫发。
noun
a frazzle
1
- the state of being completely exhausted or worn out疲惫; 精疲力竭:
I'm tired, worn to a frazzle.
我累了, 累得精疲力竭。
2
- the state of being completely burnt烫皱; 煮烂:
you need to understand how much sun your skin can tolerate before it burns to a frazzle.
你需要了解你的皮肤在被晒伤之前能承受多少日晒。
词源
early 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of FRAY1and obsolete fazle 'ravel out', of Germanic origin. The word was originally East Anglian dialect; it came into standard British English via the US.