亚洲网紅露点

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fray

1

[ frey ]

noun

  1. a fight, battle, or skirmish.

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  2. a competition or contest, especially in sports.

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  3. a noisy quarrel or brawl.

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  4. Archaic. fright.


verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to frighten.

verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to fight or brawl.

fray

2

[ frey ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to wear (cloth, rope, etc.) to loose, raveled threads or fibers at the edge or end; cause to ravel out:

    Our old washing machine frayed all of our towels.

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  2. to wear by rubbing (sometimes followed by through ).
  3. to cause strain on (something); upset; discompose:

    All that arguing is fraying my nerves.

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  4. to rub.

verb (used without object)

  1. to wear into loose, raveled threads or fibers, as cloth; ravel out:

    My sweater frayed at the elbows.

  2. to become strained or stressed:

    Jealousy could be a sign that your relationship is fraying.

  3. to rub against something:

    tall grass fraying against my knees.

noun

  1. a raveled or worn part, as in cloth:

    frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.

fray

1

/ 蹿谤别瑟 /

noun

  1. a noisy quarrel
  2. a fight or brawl
  3. an archaic word for fright
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to frighten
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fray

2

/ 蹿谤别瑟 /

verb

  1. to wear or cause to wear away into tatters or loose threads, esp at an edge or end
  2. to make or become strained or irritated
  3. to rub or chafe (another object) or (of two objects) to rub against one another
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a frayed place, as in cloth
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • frayed adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fray1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English frai; shortening of affray

Origin of fray2

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English fraien, from Old French frayer, freiier 鈥渢o rub,鈥 from Latin 蹿谤颈肠腻谤别; friction
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fray1

C14: short for affray

Origin of fray2

C14: from French frayer to rub, from Latin 蹿谤颈肠腻谤别 ; see friction , friable
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Idioms and Phrases

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Now, these trade relationships have begun to shift and fray.

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His deep pockets give him the luxury of avoiding a decision until he absolutely has to, meaning he could wait until early 2026 before entering the fray.

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"Once greed and secrets take hold, the fabric of any society, including a family, begins to fray," he adds.

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Yet even as they were rewriting the rules of pop music, the dynamic between the two began to fray, especially after the death of their manager Brian Epstein.

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UN peacekeepers are there trying to safeguard a peace deal that is fraying at the edges, with warnings the world's newest country is about to plunge into another civil war.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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