frazzle
frazzle
(informal)(非正式)
verb
[with obj.]
(a frazzle)
(informal)(非正式)
verb
[with obj.]
- [usu. as adj. frazzled]cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out
使精疲力尽；使疲惫不堪
a frazzled parent.
精疲力尽的家长。 - cause to shrivel up with burning
使被烫皱
we frazzle our hair with heated appliances.
我们用加热电器烫发。
(a frazzle)
- the state of being completely exhausted or worn out
疲惫；精疲力竭
I'm tired, worn to a frazzle.
我累了，累得精疲力竭。 - the state of being completely burnt
烫皱；煮烂
you need to understand how much sun your skin can tolerate before it burns to a frazzle.
你需要了解你的皮肤在被晒伤之前能承受多少日晒。
- early 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of fray and obsolete fazle 'ravel out', of Germanic origin. The word was originally East Anglian dialect; it came into standard British English via the US
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