fret

心配する、悩ませる

心配し続けたり、人を心配させたりいらだたせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To worry or annoy someone, or to keep feeling worried about something.

• Don’t fret about the weather.
• The long delay fretted him.
• She fretted over how to pay the bills.

使い方： fret about/over something (She frets over every small mistake.)

類義語： worry, irritate

よく使う表現： fret about something, fret over something

波立たせる

水などの液体を動かして、表面に小さな波を起こす。

やさしい英語で： To disturb water or another liquid so that its surface moves in small waves.

• A breeze fretted the water.
• The stream fretted against the stones.
• Cold winds fret the surface of the lake.

類義語： ripple, agitate

よく使う表現： fret the water, fret the surface

擦り切れる、摩耗する

繰り返しこすれて、傷んだり薄くなったりする。

やさしい英語で： To become damaged or thin through repeated rubbing.

• The rope frets where it touches the rock.
• Years of rubbing fretted the cloth at its edges.
• The wristband had begun to fret away.

類義語： fray, wear away, chafe

よく使う表現： fret at edges, fret away

煮えたぎる、くすぶる

強い不安や怒りが内に残る、または激しく乱れて動く。

やさしい英語で： To remain deeply upset or move in a violently disturbed way.

• Anger fretted within him.
• The stormy sea fretted against the cliffs.
• Old resentment still frets in her heart.

類義語： seethe, rankle

よく使う表現： fret within someone, fret against something

フレット

弦を押さえる位置で音の高さを決める、楽器のさおにある細い突起。

やさしい英語で： A narrow raised bar across an instrument’s neck that helps you choose the note when pressing a string.

• Press the string behind the first fret.
• Some frets on this guitar are worn.
• He moved his finger up two frets.

よく使う表現： first fret, guitar fret, twelfth fret

さざ波、波立ち

液体の表面に生じる小さな波や乱れた動き。

やさしい英語で： Small waves or disturbed movement on the surface of a liquid.

• A slight fret disturbed the water.
• Fermentation produced a fret on the liquid’s surface.
• The breeze left the pond in a gentle fret.

類義語： rippling, agitation

よく使う表現： surface fret, fret of water

焦燥、いらだち

不安やいらだちで、落ち着かず不平を言いたくなる状態。

やさしい英語で： A state of worry or irritation that makes someone impatient or likely to complain.

• She was in a fret all morning.
• The missing letter kept him in a fret.
• His constant fret made everyone uncomfortable.

類義語： agitation, irritation, worry

反対語： calm

よく使う表現： in a fret, constant fret

ヘルペス、皮疹

ただれや小さな盛り上がりを生じる皮膚病の古い呼び名。

やさしい英語で： An old name for skin diseases that cause sores or small raised spots.

• The old physician called the rash a fret.
• Herbal treatment was prescribed for the fret.
• The patient’s fret caused painful sores.

類義語： herpes, tetter

よく使う表現： skin fret, a fret