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    fretted

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fret·ted /ˈfretɪd/ adjective  DECORATEcut or shaped into complicated patterns as decoration 刻成[形成]回纹[万字]图案的
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    fretted• There were empty arched pigeonholes at the back, fretted and carved, and two empty little drawers.• Mahogany doors, mahogany banisters, fretted mahogany in an arch over the landing.    Origin fretted (1300-1400) Probably from Old French frete “metal band, patterns cut in wood or metal”
    fret·ted adjectiveChineseSyllable
    as complicated cut decoration shaped patterns into or Corpus


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    fretted
    fret‧ted /ˈfretəd, ˈfretɪd/ adjective
     Date: 1300-1400
     Origin: Probably from Old French frete 'metal band, patterns cut in wood or metal'
    cut or shaped into complicated patterns as decoration


    fret·tedBrE /ˈfretɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfretɪd/ 🔊 adjective (specialist) (especially of wood or stone 尤指木头或石头) decorated with patterns 回纹饰的


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