frayed

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If you see sparks or broken or frayed wires, or if you smell hot insulation, turn off the electricity at the main fuse box or circuit breaker.
如果你看到冒火花的、斷裂的或者磨損的電線，或者聞到絕緣體燒焦的味道，在保險絲盒或者斷路器斷關閉電路。
By the time I got home they had frayed so much they resembled two small sheep, but I wore them faithfully for two months until I had to scrub up for a party in Venice.
等我回到家里的時候，線繩已經磨損得厲害，像兩頭小羊，但我還是很虔誠地把它戴在手上，直到兩個月后在威尼斯，為去參加一個派對梳妝打扮的時侯才拿了下來。
This is necessary because unlike a real jigsaw or a machine-shredded document, in which the pieces fit perfectly, the shreds of a torn document are slightly distorted and frayed at the edges.
這個過程是必須的，因為這不是真的拼版和用碎紙機粉碎的文檔那樣碎片可以完美的拼合，撕碎的文檔碎片的邊緣會有輕微的變形和磨損。

I suppose people's tempers are getting a little bit frayed, and hopefully we won't see more of this but there seems every chance that we might."
He wore an old double-breasted suit, frayed gray shirt, wide tie, no hat "I left her so long ago I don't remember.
他穿著一件雙排扣的舊大衣，一件散口的灰襯衫，和一條寬領帶，沒有戴帽子，“我很早以前就離開了她。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選

Emotions were less frayed Tuesday as gold rebounded well off its overnight two-plus-year low.
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And to say that that relationship is frayed is probably being a little bit kind.
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(CLOTH) with the threads at the edge coming loose
(ANNOYED) used to describe someone's mood when they are feeling worried, upset, or annoyed

If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance.
If your nerves or your temper fray, or if something frays them, you become nervous or easily annoyed because of mental strain and anxiety.
a noisy quarrel
a fight or brawl