英语词汇“fret”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

fretfret1 /frɛt/ ●○○ verb (fretted, fretting)

ETYMOLOGYfret¹

Origin: Old English fretan to eat

VERB TABLE

fret

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	fret
	he, she, it	frets
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fretted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fretted
	he, she, it	has fretted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fretted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will fret
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fretted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fretting
	he, she, it	is fretting
	you, we, they	are fretting
Past	I, he, she, it	was fretting
	you, we, they	were fretting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fretting
	he, she, it	has been fretting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fretting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fretting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fretting

[intransitive] to feel worried about small or unimportant things: Don’t fret – everything will be all right.fret about/over She’s always fretting about the children. [Origin: Old English fretan to eat]

verb | noun

fretfret2 ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYfret²

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from Old French frete metal band

[countable] one of the raised lines on the neck (=long straight part) of a guitar, banjo, etc.