| 单词 | fret it out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfret it out a. intransitive for reflexive. To distress oneself with constant thoughts of regret or discontent; to vex oneself, chafe, worry. Often with additional notion of giving querulous and peevish expression to these feelings. Also, to fret and fume, and fret it out, and const. about, after, at, over, upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (intransitive)] sorroweOE aruec1000 ruea1400 overthinka1450 regretc1450 to rue the day (also hour)c1461 fret1551 to cry over spilt milk (or water)1738 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > be or become irritated [verb (intransitive)] enchafec1380 fume and chafec1522 chafe1525 to fret and fume1551 rankle1582 to lose patience, one's temper1622 pique1664 to have no patience with1682 ruffle1719 to be out of the way (with)1740 echinate1792 nettle1810 to get one's dander up1831 to set up one's jay-feathers1880 hackle1935 to get off one's bike1939 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > be worried [verb (intransitive)] to annoy of?c1400 fret1551 moil1567 ferret1807 worrit1854 worry1860 whittle1880 fidget1884 agonize1915 to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952 to stress out1983 stress1988 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Eiii He..so fret so fumed & chafed at it. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 46 [He] chafid and frettid like a proctor. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. iii. sig. I3v Another frets, and sets his grinding teeth, Foaming with rage. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. iii. 188 The more conspicuously are their evill deeds discovered: which makes them the more fret and fume. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 53 Hanniball gallantly frets it out in Silius. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iv. 81 He fretted to see his inferiours raised. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 9. ⁋1 He neither languishes nor burns, but frets for Love. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man v. 62 He only frets to keep himself employed. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 35 Fretting about the Money Collins had got from me. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 33 Another neet'll suin be here, Sae divvent freet and whine. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) i. 7 Don't fret, wife, we must do as others do. 1837 E. Howard Old Commodore III. 69 Timothy began to fret upon it. 1842 Ld. Tennyson May Queen (new ed.) Concl. xii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 173 Say to Robert a kind word, and tell him not to fret. 1854 W. Collins Hide & Seek I. vii. 247 Don't forget the letter, sir, for I shan't fret so much after her, when once I've got that! 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's xi She went through life..fretting at her lot. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 83 In secret, Jasper fretted and fumed. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. i. 14 Englishmen were fretting under their enforced abstinence [etc.]. 1899 A. Skeel & W. H. Brearley King Washington 224 In vain the captain fretted over the delay. < as lemmas |
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