fence
高中,四级,六级,考研,1
英[fens]
|美[fɛns]
n.栅栏,篱笆;围墙;防护物;剑术
vt.用篱笆围住;防护;练习剑术
vi.练习击剑;搪塞;围以栅栏;跳过栅栏
日语:フェンス
法语:clôture
德语:Zaun
韩语:울타리
俄语:cerca
牛津词典
noun
- 栅栏;篱笆;围栏
a structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a boundary , or around a garden/yard, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out
- (障碍赛马中的)障碍物
a structure that horses must jump over in a race or a competition
- 买卖赃物者;销赃犯
a criminal who buys and sells stolen goods
verb
- (用栅栏、篱笆或围栏)围住,隔开
to surround or divide an area with a fence
- His property is fenced with barbed wire.
他的房地产四周围有带刺的铁丝网。
- 参加击剑运动
to take part in the sport of fencing
- 搪塞;支吾;回避
to speak to sb in a clever way in order to gain an advantage in the conversation
词形变化
名词复数形式:fences 过去分词:fenced 过去式:fenced 现在分词:fencing 第三人称单数:fences
中文词源
fence 隔开,击剑,篱笆
缩写自defence或defense, 挡开。引申义击剑,篱笆等。
双语例句
- The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence.
这两个人逃出牢房,并越过了围墙。
- The thieves cut a hole in the fence
盗贼在篱笆上割了个洞。
- Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
村民们说这个围栏将限制公众进入山区。
- The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep
第一项任务就是把树林围起来不让羊进去。
- Thomas was playing in a little fenced area full of sand.
托马斯在一小块围起来的满是沙子的地上玩耍。
- He originally acted as a fence for another gang before turning to burglary himself.
他开始时为另一个犯罪团伙销赃,后来就自己干起了抢劫。
- Washington was last night doing its best to mend fences with the Europeans, saying it understood their concerns
昨晚,华盛顿尽最大努力与欧洲各国修好,称理解其担忧。
- The two countries fought a border war a decade ago, but now they are mending fences.
10年前两国曾进行过边境战争,但现在正在重修旧好。
- They are sitting on the fence and refusing to commit themselves
他们保持中立,拒绝表态。
- He's not afraid of making decisions and is a man who never sits on the fence.
他不怕拍板,从不作骑墙派。
- She was basically fenced in by what the military wanted to do
军旅事务使她基本上无法脱身。
- He put his hand on the post behind her so that he had her fenced in and could look down on her.
他把手放在她身后的柱子上,这样就把她围在当中,可以低头看她了。
- When she and Luther got their house, they would fence off a lawn and raise roses from cuttings
等她和卢瑟有了自己的房子,他们就会围起一块草坪扦插玫瑰。
- They had to evict some gypsies today and I had to go and fence the area off.
他们今天必须驱逐一些吉普赛人,我得去把那个区域圈起来。
- He lives in a white-painted frame house behind a picket fence up in Connecticut.
他住在康涅狄格州北部一个漆成白色的木制房子里,屋子前面竖着尖桩篱栅。
- I jumped over the fence
我跳过了栅栏。
- Under planning law the maximum height for a fence or hedge is 2 metres
规划法中规定,围栏或树篱最高为2米。
- The wooden fence is movable.
这个木栅栏是可移动的。
- He squeezed through a narrow opening in the fence.
他从围栏上的狭窄缺口里挤了过去。
- The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence
高高的围墙后面,展览大厅耸立在我面前。
- Broughton took a sickie on Monday to paint his fence.
布劳顿星期一称病请了一天假来粉刷栅栏。
- Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car
罗伯特很幸运,他被一辆轿车挤压到一排栅栏上后只是一只脚骨折。
- Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields
每棵树、每堵墙和每道栅栏都在白得耀眼的田野映衬下十分夺目。
- The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence
不大的教堂墓地周边围着一圈生锈的熟铁栅栏。
- A fence marked the perimeter of the field.
一道篱笆标明了那块田地的周界。
- Those boys have scribbled on the fence.
那些男孩在栅栏上乱写乱涂。
- The rider's horse easily surmounted the fence.
这名骑手的马轻而易举地越过了栅栏。
- The boy cleared the fence in one leap.
男孩一跃跳过了篱笆。
- He crawled along the fence until he reached the gate.
他顺着篱笆一直爬到大门边。
语源
Middle English (in the sense defending, defence): shortening of defence. Compare with fencible and fend