fret /frɛt/ CET6+ TEM8 ( fretting, fretted, frets )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you fret about something, you worry about it. 担心

  例：

  I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.

  我一刻不停地工作着，还一直担心着其他人的问题。

  例：

  But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.

  但国会的工作人员们担心这个方案最终会多花几十亿。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The frets on a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck. (吉他等弦乐器指板上定音的) 音品

• 3. 

  N a repetitive geometrical figure, esp one used as an ornamental border 回纹饰

• 4. 

  N sea fret的缩写 → short for sea fret