fence
n. 围墙, 栅栏, 买卖赃物的人, 剑术 vt. 用篱笆围住, 练习剑术, 防护 vi. 击剑, 搪塞
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词形变化
教材释义与例句
栅栏；围墙；剑术
a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land
防护；用篱笆围住；练习剑术
to fight with a long thin sword as a sport
击剑；搪塞；围以栅栏；跳过栅栏
释义与例句
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A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
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Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
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The place whence such a middleman operates.
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Skill in oral debate.
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The art or practice of fencing.
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A guard or guide on machinery.
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A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
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A memory barrier.
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The boundary.
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To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
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To defend or guard.
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To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
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To jump over a fence.
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To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
不及物1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados You only give me ten minutes. If I am to put my case before you, Mr Carrados, we cannot fence with phrases...
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To engage in the sport of fencing.
不及物 体育
词汇关系
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词源
From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence). The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century. Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare). Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).
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