frazzle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp. informal

— The bacon was burned to a frazzle.
The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end. informal

— 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
A messy situation or scene.

— It ends with a splendid phone conversation between Robin and her mother. Robin (Laura Luz) is a frazzle of choreographed energy as her explanations are obviously leading to more trouble.

动词 v.

To fray or wear down, especially at the edges. transitive

— The new puppy has been chewing on everything, and my favorite afghan has become frazzled.
To drain emotionally or physically. transitive

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

词形变化

frazzles present,singular,third-person frazzling participle,present frazzled participle,past frazzled past frazle alternative frazzles plural frazle alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

frazzled frazzlement frazzlings

词源

词源 1

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”).

词源 2

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”).