frazzle

v. (使)磨损, (使)磨破, (使)破烂 n. 磨破, 破烂, 疲惫, 磨损的边缘

发音

US /ˈfɹæz(ə)l/
其它 /ˈfɹæz(ə)l/

词形变化

frazzles 复数 frazzled frazzles 三单 frazzles frazzling frazzling 现在分词 frazzled 过去式 frazzled 过去分词

别名

frazle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.

    非正式

    The bacon was burned to a frazzle.

  2. 2.

    The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end.

    非正式

    1886–90, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History Gordon had sent word to Lee that he had fought his corps to a frazzle

    My fingers are all cut to frazzles..

  3. 3.

    A messy situation or scene.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fray or wear down, especially at the edges.

    及物

    The new puppy has been chewing on everything, and my favorite afghan has become frazzled.

  2. 2.

    To drain emotionally or physically.

    及物

    After dealing with the children all day, I just can’t help feeling frazzled.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

exhaustion
动词

同义词 1

fray

上位词 10

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词源

Originally an East Anglian word. Either from a variant of the now obsolete fazle (“to unravel”), altered due to influence from fray, or from a blend of fazle and fray. fazle comes from earlier fasel, which was inherited from Middle English facelyn (“[of the end of a rope, or of cloth] to unravel”). Middle English facelyn was a verbal derivative of the noun fasylle (“frayed edge”), which was in turn a derivative (with the diminutive suffix -el) of Old English fæs (“fringe, border”), from Proto-West Germanic *fas, from Proto-Germanic *fasōn. Related to German Faser (“fibre”).

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