fraught: [14] Fraught and freight [15] are related, and share the underlying meaning ‘load’. But whereas freight has stayed close to its semantic roots, fraught, which started out as ‘laden’, has moved on via ‘supplied or filled with something’ to specifically ‘filled with anxiety or tension’. It was originally the past participle of a now obsolete verb fraught ‘load a ship’, which was borrowed from Middle Dutch vrachten.
This in turn was a derivative of the noun vracht ‘load, cargo’, a variant of vrecht (from which English gets freight). Both vracht and vrecht probably go back to a prehistoric Germanic noun *fraaikhtiz, whose second element *-aikhtiz is related to English owe and own. => freight
fraught (adj.)
late 14c., "freighted, laden, loaded, stored with supplies" (of vessels); figurative use from early 15c.; past participle adjective from obsolete verb fraught "to load (a ship) with cargo," Middle English fraughten (c. 1400), which always was rarer than the past participle, from noun fraught "a load, cargo, lading of a ship" (early 13c.), which is the older form of freight (n.).
This apparently is from a North Sea Germanic source, Middle Dutch vrecht, vracht "hire for a ship, freight," or similar words in Middle Low German or Frisian, apparently originally "earnings," from Proto-Germanic *fra-aihtiz "property, absolute possession," from *fra-, here probably intensive + *aigan "be master of, possess" (see owe (v.)). Related: Fraughtage.
fraught 英文释义
1. marked by distress;
"a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
2. filled with or attended with;
"words fraught with meaning"
"an incident fraught with danger"
"a silence pregnant with suspense"
fraught 双语例句
1. The earliest operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers.
最早使用这种技术的手术充满了危险。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The expedition through the jungle was fraught with difficulty and danger.
穿越森林的探险充满着艰辛和危险.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. It has been a somewhat fraught day.
这是让人有些担忧的一天。
来自辞典例句
4. In this case, it is a subtle red, fraught with mystery.
如果这样的话, 这是一种充满神秘的无以名状的红色.
来自百科语句
5. The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions.
未来数月将充满重大的决定.
来自辞典例句
fraught 实用场景例句
The earliest operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers.
最早使用这种技术的手术充满了危险。
柯林斯例句
The expedition through the jungle was fraught with difficulty and danger.
穿越森林的探险充满着艰辛和危险.
《简明英汉词典》
It has been a somewhat fraught day.
这是让人有些担忧的一天。
辞典例句
In this case, it is a subtle red, fraught with mystery.
如果这样的话, 这是一种充满神秘的无以名状的红色.
百科语句
The long journey through the tropical forest was fraught with danger.
穿越热带从林的长途旅行充满了危险.
辞典例句
There's no need to look so fraught!
用不着那麽愁眉苦脸的.
辞典例句
She had a life fraught with hardship.
她的一生充满了艰辛.
辞典例句
The journey was fraught with difficulties.
旅途充满艰辛.
辞典例句
You're looking very fraught, Mildred! Is there anything the matter?
米尔德丽德! 看起来你忧心忡忡,有什么不对劲 吗 ?
辞典例句
The tobacco looked healthy and green and fraught for Mary -- with promise of future plenty.
烟草长得碧绿茁壮,在玛丽看来,一定预兆丰收.
辞典例句
Encouraging women to have more babies used to be politically fraught.
鼓励妇女多生育通常充满政治色彩.
互联网
THIS has been another fraught week for the world's financial markets.
对于全球金融市场来说,这又是令人提心吊胆的一周.
互联网
The long journey through the forest was fraught with danger.
穿越森林的长途旅行充满了危险.
互联网
Changing the wage structure is fraught with political and economic problems.
收入结构的改变纠缠于一大堆政治与经济问题.
互联网
Nevertheless, entering a new war zone is fraught with dangers.
