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单词 fret
释义
fret
verb[I]
uk
/fret/us
/fret/
-tt-
to benervousorworried:
烦躁不安；苦恼，发愁
Don't fret - I'msurehe's OK.别发愁——他肯定没事。
Shespentthedayfrettingabout/overwhat she'd said to Nicky.她为对尼基说的话而担心了一整天。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anxious and worried
  • (all) hot and botheredidiom
  • -racked
  • aflutter
  • agitated
  • angsty
  • anxious
  • frightened
  • fuss
  • get in a sweatidiom
  • grim
  • grimly
  • queasily
  • queasiness
  • queasy
  • rattled
  • rest easyidiom
  • strung out
  • worrier
  • worrywart
  • wound up
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fret
noun[C]
uk
/fret/us
/fret/
any of thesmallraisedmetalbarsacrossthelong,thinpartof astringedmusicalinstrumentsuch as aguitar, that show you where to putyourfingerson thestringsinordertoproducedifferentnotes
（吉他等弦乐器指板上定音的）品
picture of fret
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Musical instruments
  • accordion
  • acoustically
  • aerophone
  • alphorn
  • alto
  • drum kit
  • drum machine
  • drumbeat
  • drumroll
  • drumstick
  • pedal steel
  • penny whistle
  • percussion
  • percussionist
  • percussive
  • tuning peg
  • ukulele
  • unpitched
  • unplugged
  • untuned
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Related word

fretted
(Definition offretfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fret| American Dictionary

fret
verb[I]
us
/fret/
-tt-

fretverb[I](WORRY)

toworryor beunhappyabout something:
Don’t fret – I’msurewe’llfindthekitten.

fretful

adjectiveus
/ˈfret·fəl/
Shefellinto a fretfulsleep.
fret
noun[C]
us
/fret/

fretnoun[C](RAISED BAR)

athin,slightlyraisedmetalbar, several of which arepositionedacrosstheneck(=long,narrowpart)of somemusicalinstruments, such as aguitar
(Definition offretfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffret

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However, earlier instruments with the same name might well have had movable frets that provided for the production of microtones.
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He fretted over their illnesses, and thought seriously about and invested in their future.
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Physicians fretted over how to secure those limits, given the possibility of fraudulent claims and deceptive practices in experiments, demonstrations, and the like.
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She fretted over her inability to withstand open scrutiny from the sophisticates she imagined would people her audience.
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The upper band has step frets, followed by one with tassels, then another with variable designs.
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Calculating the distances between the frets was a theoretical task.
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The use of frets improves the transparency of the instrument by making it more apparent which finger positions will produce which notes.
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However, guitarists have found ways to regain this expressivity that would not be possible without the frets.
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However, it also incorporates components of a convergent mapping through the inclusion of frets.
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Both of them, therefore, fretted about prices.
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To place notes between the extremes and the mean, a monochord was fabricated and a canon was fixed, below the string, marked with frets in the manner of a guitar.
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The videotapes of each infant's behaviors were coded reliably for the frequency of motor activity (movement of the limbs and arching of the back), fretting, and crying.
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As an aside, one variation for the guitar, suggested by this comparison to the violin, would be to remove the frets after the player has learned the correct note positions.
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Policy-makers should stop fretting about unemployment and the provision of welfare state safety nets and should concentrate on doing whatever was necessary to achieve inflation free economic growth.
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The long, thin neck suggests the possibility of tracking hand motions while fingering thefretboard.
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