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

worry /wurˈi/

transitive verb

worrˈying

worrˈied

To cause to be anxious

To harass

To pester

To tease

(of a dog, etc) to chase and bite

To tear with the teeth

To devour ravenously (Scot)

To make, get, etc by persistent methods

To choke (Scot)

intransitive verb

To trouble oneself

To be unduly anxious

To fret

noun

Trouble, perplexity

Anxiety

A cause of this

A spell or bout of worrying

An act of biting and shaking by a dog, etc

ORIGIN: OE wyrgan, found in compound āwyrgan to harm; cf Du worgen, Ger würgen to strangle

worrˈied adjective

worrˈiedly adverb

worrˈier noun

worrˈiment noun (informal; esp N American)

worrˈisome adjective (old)

worrˈisomely adverb

worrˈying noun and adjective

worrˈyingly adverb

worry beads plural noun

A string of beads serving as an object for the hands to play with, as a means of relieving mental tension, esp popular in Greece

worrˈyguts and (esp US) worrˈywart /wurˈi-wört/ noun (informal)

A person who worries unnecessarily or to excess

I should worry! (informal; ironic)

I'm the last person who should worry

not to worry or no worries (informal)

There's no cause for alarm

worry down

To swallow with a strong effort

worry out

To find a solution to by intense or anxious effort