fray
verb
uk/freɪ/us/freɪ/frayverb(CLOTH)
[IorT]
tobecomeor tocausethethreadsinclothorropetobecomeslightlyseparated,formingloosethreadsat theedgeor end:
（使）（布料或绳子）磨损，（使）磨散Denim frays soeasily.劳动布很容易磨损。
I frayed theedgesof myjeanssince that was thefashionin thosedays.我把牛仔裤的边儿磨毛了，在那个时代这样很时髦。
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- catch
- crack
- fall apart
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
frayverb(BECOME ANNOYED)
[I]
Ifyourtemperfrays oryournervesfray, yougraduallybecomeupsetorannoyed:
（渐渐地）烦躁，恼火Tempers frayed as thousands ofdriversbegantheChristmasholidaywithlongwaitsintrafficjams.圣诞假期一开始就有数千人开着车排成长龙拥堵在道路上，令大家恼火不已。
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fly off the handleidiom
- fulminating
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- roof
- sharp
- sharpness
- splenetic
- stew
- temper
- tempered
- throw
Idiom
fray around/at the edges
fray
noun[S]
uk/freɪ/us/freɪ/the fray
anenergeticand often not well-organizedeffort,activity,fight, ordisagreement:
（常指乱糟糟的）干劲十足的努力，充满活力的活动；激战；激烈争吵With a thirdcountryabout toenter(= takepartin)the fray, thefightinglooksset tocontinue.由于有第三国要加入冲突，战斗看来很可能会继续下去。
A goodholidayshouldleaveyoufeelingrefreshedandreadyforthe fray(=readytowork)again.好好度一个假应该能使人感到精神振奋，为重新投入忙碌的工作作好准备。
Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- engagement
- grapple
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- skirmish
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- turf war
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