fray
磨損起鬚·變得緊繃煩躁；使緊繃煩躁·爭鬥；激烈競爭
連結邊緣磨損與神經緊繃
The edge of the old rope began to fray after years of use.
用了多年後，舊繩子的邊緣開始磨損起鬚。
義項
磨損起鬚C1verb磨損起鬚
The edge of the old rope began to fray after years of use.
用了多年後，舊繩子的邊緣開始磨損起鬚。
fraying rope
使緊繃C1verb變得緊繃煩躁；使緊繃煩躁
The long delay began to fray everyone's nerves that afternoon.
那天下午，長時間延誤開始使大家神經緊繃。
fray everyone's nerves
爭鬥C1noun爭鬥；激烈競爭
Several new people have entered the fray to win more support.
幾位新人加入激烈競爭，爭取更多支持。
political fray
片語
enter the fray投入競爭 →加入爭鬥或競爭
fray at the edges邊緣起鬚 →邊緣磨損起鬚
你會不會這樣說？
Two hours in a noisy waiting room began to ____ Lisa's nerves. 哪個字最適合填入空格？（fray／fold）
看答案
fray
fray 搭配 nerves，指神經被磨得緊繃煩躁，不是布料磨損。