"fray" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 磨損（織物）- 爭吵（比喻）- 緊張（比喻）

Definition

'Fray' 指布料、繩索等邊緣磨損並開始脫線；也可以比喻為局勢變得緊張或有衝突。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

fray多用來描述織物邊緣的磨損，也常見於'fray nerves'（神經緊張）。作名詞時多見於正式或文學語境，指爭鬥或衝突（如'join the fray'）。

Examples

The edges of his jeans began to fray after many washes.

他的牛仔褲褲腳洗多了開始**磨損**。

Old ropes can easily fray and break.

舊繩子很容易**磨損**並斷裂。

Her nerves began to fray during the long wait.

長時間等待讓她的神經開始**緊張**。

By the end of the project, everyone's patience was starting to fray.

到專案結束時，大家的耐心都快要**耗盡**了。

He hesitated before jumping into the fray of office politics.

他在加入辦公室政治的**爭鬥**前猶豫了一下。

Tempers began to fray as the argument continued late into the night.

爭論持續到深夜時，大家的情緒開始**變得緊張**。