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- fence [fεns] [fens]
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1.
noun
（木或金属的）栅，栅栏，围栏，篱笆，围墙
- 2. noun 买卖脏物者
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3.
noun
买卖赃物处，黑货市场
- 4. noun 原义防卫，防护
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5.
noun
击剑（术）
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6.
vt.
把…用栅栏（或篱）围起来，围住，关闭住，限制住，把…用栅栏隔开（与in，off等连用）
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7.
vt.
把…用栅栏（或篱）隔（或拦）开，把…隔在外面（out）
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8.
vt.
[archaic]
用栅栏防护；（筑栅）避开，防止，挡住；保护，防御；排除
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9.
vi.
击剑
- The police couldn't catch the fence.
- 警察没能抓到贼脏。
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10.
vi.
避免，给予直接答复；避免正面答复问题；含糊其词，搪塞（with）
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11.
vi.
买卖脏物
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1.
noun
（木或金属的）栅，栅栏，围栏，篱笆，围墙
Collins English-English Dictionary
- fence [fεns]
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1.
n
a structure that serves to enclose an area such as a garden or field, usually made of posts of timber, concrete, or metal connected by wire, netting, rails, or boards
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2.
n
[slang]
a dealer in stolen property
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3.
n
an obstacle for a horse to jump in steeplechasing or showjumping
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4.
n
[machinery]
a guard or guide, esp in a circular saw or plane
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5.
n
a projection usually fitted to the top surface of a sweptback aircraft wing to prevent movement of the airflow towards the wing tips
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to construct a fence on or around (a piece of land, etc)
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7.
vt.
[tr;
foll by inor off] to close (in) or separate (off) with or as if with a fence- he fenced in the livestock
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8.
vi.
[intr]
to fight using swords or foils
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9.
vi.
[intr]
to evade a question or argument, esp by quibbling over minor points
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10.
vi.
[intr]
to engage in skilful or witty debate, repartee, etc
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11.
vi.
[intr]
[slang]
to receive stolen property
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12.
vt.
[tr]
[archaic]
to ward off or keep out
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13.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14 fens, shortened from defens
defence
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1.
n
a structure that serves to enclose an area such as a garden or field, usually made of posts of timber, concrete, or metal connected by wire, netting, rails, or boards
Examples
- The fence acts as a barrier.
- 篦笆可作屏障。 → barrier
- a back-fence gossip
- 邻居间的闲言碎语 → back-fence
- The fence extends to the meadow.
- 篱笆一直延伸到牧草地。 → extend
- to hop a fence
- 跳过栅栏 → hop
- to jump a horse over a fence
- 使马跃过篱笆 → jump
- He sent the ball over the fence.
- 他把球扔过篱笆。 → send
- to vault a fence
- 撑竿跳过篱笆 → vault
- First, we have to sink the posts of the fence deep into the ground.
- 首先，我们要把篱笆桩子深深的固定在地面上。 → sink
- All I could see around was just a wire fence.
- 四周我能看到的只有钢丝网。 → wire
- The building was surrounded by a wooden fence.
- 这栋楼四周都围着木栅栏。 → wooden
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