fretted

adj.

1. 回纹饰的
   decorated with patterns

1. VERB 苦恼;烦恼;发愁
   If you fret about something, you worry about it.
   1. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems...
      我一刻不闲地工作，总是为别人的事操心。
   2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more...
      但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。
   3. Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.
      不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。
2. (吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品
   The frets on a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

1. Investors fretted that the recent, rapid appreciation of the yen could harm Japan's export-dependent economy.
   投资者担心近期日圆的大幅升值可能损害高度依赖出口的日本经济。
2. The new rules incited a backlash in Britain, where some authors and literary critics fretted about a coming American literary invasion.
   新规则在英国引起了激烈的反应，一些作家和文学评论家对即将到来的美国文学入侵感到不安。
3. It was an ominous sign, and Lah fretted that the will of the gods had turned against him.
   那是一个不祥的征兆。拉担心神的意志不再偏向于他。
4. By 2007, New York fretted at being overtaken by London as a global centre.
   到2007年，纽约已开始担心其全球金融中心的地位会被伦敦取代。
5. When spring came round, he would begin to feel fretted, and he got to drinking.
   当春天来了一轮，他将开始感到担忧，他获得饮用水。
6. But they had long fretted that the process would end in tears.
   但他们一直担心这个过程将以失败告终。
7. She fretted, however, at last, over the lack of stability.
   然而她最终对颠簸的生活感到烦恼。
8. I drank soda-water and smoked and fretted.
   我喝汽水，抽烟，烦躁不安。
9. The horse fretted the strap till it broke.
   马磨损皮带直到它断掉。
10. For a while now webmasters have fretted over why all of the pages of their website are not indexed.
    现在，很多站长暂时都会对为什么搜索引擎没有索引他们网站的所有页面而感到焦躁。
11. Guitars and lutes are fretted musical instruments.
    吉他和诗琴都是装有品的乐器。
12. The shares fell 4 per cent as investors fretted about margin growth.
    随着投资者对利润率增长感到担忧，其股价下跌了4%。
13. I lingered outside, and fretted much more.
    我徘徊在你的门外，焦躁难耐。
14. When he was forbidden to play, he fretted through a winter on the sidelines.
    他被禁止参加比赛后，整个冬天都烦恼地坐在旁观席上。
15. He fretted away his life.
    他在烦恼中消磨了一生。
16. Asset managers have fretted since the financial crisis about a drop in US corporate bond inventories held by banks.
    自本次金融危机以来，资产管理公司一直对银行持有的美国公司债存量下滑感到担忧。
17. The mist took pity on the fretted structures of earlier generations.
    在薄雾中，经过前几代岁月消蚀的建筑显得分外可怜。
18. A stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings.
    美国的民间音乐用的弦乐器；带有椭圆形的身体和附有弦马的键盘和三根弦。
19. For days the boy fretted about his lost dog.
    一连几天，那个男孩为失去的狗焦急不安。
20. For eight more days Don Quixote worried and fretted over this problem.
    堂吉诃德为这个问题焦躁不安，就这样又延迟了八天多的时间。
21. Rush Limbaugh, the influential radio host, fretted last week that "we are outnumbered".
    有影响的电台节目主持人拉什林博（rushlimbaugh）上周哀叹道“我们的人数已被超过”。
22. The continual noise fretted the woman's nerves.
    连续不断地噪声扰得那个妇女神经不安。
23. I fretted and took to arguing with myself whether or not I would talk openly with Kurtz.
    我异常恼火，并在心下暗自嘀咕，好不好公开地和库尔茨谈一谈。
24. The stream from the mountain slope fretted a channel through the soft earth along the mountain foot.
    山坡上下来的小溪流侵袭着松软的土地，沿着山脚跟形成了一条沟渠。
25. Greek 10-year yields brushed close to 23 per cent as investors fretted about a possible default from Athens.
    由于投资者担心希腊政府有可能违约，希腊10年期国债收益率一度接近23%。
26. "Whatever can have happened?" she fretted.
    到底可能会发生什么事呢？她很是担忧。
27. The cat fretted when her kittens were taken away.
    看到自己的幼仔被带走，那只猫变得紧张起来。
28. A plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard.
    带有梨状身体和弯颈和格状键盘的手拨乐器。
29. I remember school days, cramming for exams for which she probably fretted more than I did.
    我还记得上学时，为应付学校的考试而临急抱佛脚。可能那时侯母亲比我更焦虑。

adj

1. having a pattern of fretwork or latticework

   Synonym:    interlacedlatticedlatticelike

2. having frets