worry

n. 担心, 烦恼, 忧虑, 苦恼, 撕咬
vt. 使烦恼, 使焦虑, 使苦恼, 困扰, 折磨, 撕咬
vi. 烦恼, 担心, 撕咬
相关词组:
worry sb for sth
worry sb to do sth
worry about
worry down
worry oneself
worry out

名词复数:worries 名词:worrier 动词过去式:worried 过去分词:worried 现在分词:worrying 第三人称单数:worries 

wor.ry

v.（动词）
wor.ried[wôr.ôd, wôr.-] wor.ry.ing,wor.ries[wôr.ôz, wôr.-]
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled.See Synonyms at brood
焦虑：为某事感到不安、担心；烦恼参见 brood
To pull or tear at something with or as if with the teeth.
撕咬：用或象用牙拖或撕开某物
To proceed doggedly in the face of difficulty or hardship; struggle:
奋斗，挣扎：在困难或艰难面前不屈不挠；奋斗：
例句：
worried along at the problem.
一直为这个问题挣扎

v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled.See Synonyms at trouble
使烦恼：使感到焦虑、沮丧或烦恼参见 trouble
To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
烦扰：因一点小委屈而打搅或使烦恼


To seize with the teeth and shake or tug at repeatedly:
撕咬：用牙齿咬往并来回摇晃或用力拖拉：
例句：
a dog worrying a bone.
撕啃着骨头的狗

To attack roughly and repeatedly; harass.
骚扰：不断粗暴地侵袭；折磨
To touch, move, or handle idly; toy with:
拨弄：闲闲地摸一摸，挪一挪或碰两下；把弄：
例句：
worrying the loose tooth with his tongue.
用他的舌头拨弄那颗松动的牙齿

n.（名词）
【复数】 wor.ries
The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness.See Synonyms at anxiety
忧虑，烦恼：担忧的行为或处于担忧的状况；一直精神不安参见 anxiety
A source of nagging concern or uneasiness.
忧虑的事：令人烦恼不安的担忧或不安的原因

<习惯用语>not to worry
There is nothing to worry about; there is no need to be concerned:
没什么可担心的；没必要着急的：
例句：
.But not to worry: it all . . . falls into place in the book`s second half, where the language is plainer.(Hallowell Bowser)
.但别担心：它全都在书的后半部分，那儿的语言浅显一些.(哈洛韦尔·鲍瑟)

来源：
Middle English werien, worien [to strangle]
中古英语 werien, worien [抑制，束缚]
from Old English wyrgan * see wer- 2
源自 古英语 wyrgan *参见 wer- 2

【引伸】
wor.rier
n.（名词）
<注释>.Don`t worry. is a much milder injunction than it once would have been,for the wordworry has softened its sense greatly over the course of its history. Its Old English ancestor,wyrgan, meant .to strangle.. Its Middle English descendant,worien, kept this sense and developed the new sense .to grasp by the throat with the teeth and lacerate. or .to kill or injure by biting and shaking.. This is the way wolves or dogs might attack sheep, for example.In the 'th centuryworry began to be used in the sense .to harass, as by rough treatment or attack,. or .to assault verbally,. and in the 7th century the word took on the sense .to bother, distress, or persecute..It was a small step from this sense to the main modern senses .to cause to feel anxious or distressed. and .to feel troubled or uneasy,. first recorded in the 9th century.
与过去相比，.别担心.这句话的命令意味减少了许多，因为随着历史的变迁worry 这个词的.攻击性.意味大大削弱了。 其古英语中的前身wyrgan, 意为.扼杀.。 在中世纪英语中的worien 保留了这个意思并衍生出一个新意思.用牙齿咬住喉咙并且撕裂.或.咬住并来回甩动以杀死或伤害.。 例如，这是狼或狗袭击羊的方式。'世纪，worry 开始含有.以粗暴手段或袭击方式来骚扰.，.口头攻击.的意思， 到了7世纪这个词产生了.干扰、使焦虑和烦扰.的意思。9世纪，这个词义向前发展了一点，产生了适用于当代的主要意思.使感到焦虑或痛苦.和.感到烦恼或不安.