fraying
fraying — 動詞
- frayingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- frayings3rd person singular
- frayinging-ing form
- frayingedpast simple
1. When cloth, rope, or other woven material frays, the threads along its border or
磨散；綻線
布料或繩索邊緣的纖維鬆散脫落
When cloth, rope, or other woven material frays, the threads along its border or tip come loose because of repeated rubbing, stretching, or age.
The cuffs of Esteban's old jacket had begun to fray after years of use.
Esteban 那件舊外套的袖口經過多年穿著已經開始磨散了。
intransitive: cloth fraying from wear
Nora carefully trimmed the frayed edges of the rope before tying it to the boat.
Nora 在把繩子綁到船上之前，小心地修剪了磨散的繩端。
frayed as adjective modifying cloth/rope
The constant rubbing against the saddle had frayed the horse's blanket in several places.
馬鞍長時間的摩擦把馬毯磨散了好幾處。
Henry noticed the flag fraying at corners where it whipped in the wind.
Henry 注意到旗子被風吹動的角落已經開始綻線了。
Daichi replaced the fraying power cord before it became a fire risk.
Daichi 在磨損的電源線變成火災隱患之前就把它換掉了。
文法句型
fray + noun (transitive)
fray (intransitive, no object)
用法筆記
Often used in the progressive form (is fraying, are fraying) to describe the process as it happens. The past participle frayed also commonly appears as an adjective (frayed cuffs, frayed rope).
常見錯誤
2. If someone's nerves, temper, or patience frays, the person gradually feels more
煩躁；不耐
情緒逐漸變得不耐煩或煩躁
If someone's nerves, temper, or patience frays, the person gradually feels more stressed, annoyed, or impatient, usually after a long period of difficulty or waiting.
After three hours stuck in traffic, Talia's nerves were beginning to fray badly.
在車陣中塞了三個小時之後，Talia 的心情變得非常煩躁。
nerves + fray — becoming stressed
The constant noise from the construction site made the neighbours' tempers fray.
建築工地不間斷的噪音讓鄰居們的耐性逐漸耗盡。
temper + fray — becoming annoyed
Stefan felt his patience fraying as the meeting dragged past midnight with no agreement.
會議拖到午夜過後仍毫無共識，Stefan 感到自己的耐心正在消退。
Rachid's temper frayed a little more with each rude email that arrived from the client.
客戶每寄來一封不禮貌的電子郵件，Rachid 的耐性就又消磨掉一些。
With exams a week away, the students' nerves were visibly fraying across campus.
期末考只剩一週，校園裡到處都可以看到學生們的神經明顯地變得煩躁不安。
文法句型
nerves + fray
temper + frays
patience + frays
用法筆記
Only used with a small set of subject nouns: nerves, temper, and patience are the most common. The verb is always intransitive in this sense — you cannot 'fray someone's temper'. Frequently appears in the progressive form (is fraying) to describe a developing situation.
常見錯誤
fraying — 名詞
1. The small fibres or threads that have come loose from the surface of fabric, rop
散落纖維
布料磨損後掉落的細小纖維或線頭
The small fibres or threads that have come loose from the surface of fabric, rope, or carpet as it wears down through rubbing or age.
Linh brushed the fraying from her sweater off the sofa before the guests arrived.
Linh 在客人抵達之前，把毛衣上磨散的纖維從沙發上拍掉了。
fraying as direct object (uncountable noun)
The old carpet was covered in bits of fraying from years of foot traffic.
舊客廳的地毯因為多年踩踏，到處都是磨散的碎屑。
bits of fraying — partitive structure
Zayd picked at the fraying along the curtain edge while he waited for the phone.
Zayd 邊等電話邊撥弄窗簾邊緣磨出來的線頭。
Sari swept up the fraying that had gathered under the sewing machine.
Sari 把累積在縫紉機底下的碎屑掃乾淨。
用法筆記
Uncountable — you cannot say 'a fraying' or 'two frayings'. This sense is less common than the verb; it mainly appears in descriptions of material wear (carpets, upholstery, clothing seams).