refret

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A refrain. obsolete
    — Our old English term refrette, ‘the foote of the dittie, a verse often interlaced, or the burden of a song,’ was probably from refrain; or from refresteler, to pipe over again. […] ‘Refrain, the refret, burthen, or downe of a ballad.’ All this discussion is rendered necessary, because Steevens unfortunately forgot to note from whence he made the following extract,
动词 v.
  1. To replace the frets on (a musical instrument). transitive
    — Can you refret my guitar?

词形变化

refrets present,singular,third-person refretting participle,present refretted participle,past refretted past refrets plural refrette alternative refreite alternative refrayt alternative refraid alternative refrayde alternative refreyd alternative

词源

词源 1
From re- + fret.
词源 2
From Middle English refreit, from Anglo-Norman refreit (“response”), refraindre (“to sing a refrain”); also Old French refreit (“refrain”). The Oxford English Dictionary suggests influence from an unattested Late Latin form, refrangere; compare Latin refractus (past participle). See refrain (noun), refract.
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