n. chafing,being angry 焦躁，發(fā)怒。
△1H.VI.1.2. 16:“And he may well in fretting spend his gall.”就叫他在焦躁之中把他的怒氣都發(fā)泄個一干二凈吧。
fretting
p. a.
1. ? decaying in disuse,becoming shop-worn 放壞，滯銷。
? worrying 令人煩惱。
△Shr.2.1.322 (328):“’Twas a commodity lay fretting by you，”這是一筆使你傷腦筋的滯銷貨。(雙關(guān)。)
2. ?(of the wind) blowing in gusts or frets （形容風(fēng)）一陣陣吹的。
? (of a woman) nagging,worrying （形容一個女人）嘮嘮叨叨責(zé)罵的，使人煩惱的。
△3H.VI.2.6.35:“As doth a sail,filled with a fretting gust,/ Com-mand an argosy to stem the waves.”就像被陣陣狂風(fēng)鼓滿的一張帆，強(qiáng)迫著一只大商船沖開波浪前進(jìn)。