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、断裂的或者磨损的电线，或者闻到绝缘体烧焦的味道，在保险丝盒或者断路器断关闭电路。
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.
等我回到家里的时候，线绳已经磨损得厉害，像两头小羊，但我还是很虔诚地把它戴在手上，直到两个月后在威尼斯，为去参加一个派对梳妆打扮的时侯才拿了下来。
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.
这个过程是必须的，因为这不是真的拼版和用碎纸机粉碎的文档那样碎片可以完美的拼合，撕碎的文档碎片的边缘会有轻微的变形和磨损。

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.
他穿着一件双排扣的旧大衣，一件散口的灰衬衫，和一条宽领带，没有戴帽子，“我很早以前就离开了她。
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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