fence
fence 英 [fens] 美 [fɛns]
n. 栅栏； v. 围以栅栏；
进行时:fencing 过去式:fenced 过去分词:fenced 第三人称单数:fences 名词复数:fences
- A fence is a usually wooden or metal structure that encloses a yard, pasture, or other area. Many people with back yard swimming pools put fences around them to make sure small children don't fall in.
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- n. 栅栏；
- v. 围以栅栏；
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1. fence with a question
回避问题
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2. sit on the fence
保持中立
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3. His property is fenced with barbed wire.
他的房地产四周围有带刺的铁丝网。
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4. She felt fenced in by domestic routine.
她感到被日常家务束缚住了。
- fence (n.) early 14c., "action of defending, resistance; means of protection, fortification," shortening of defens (see defense). The same pattern also yielded fend, fender; and obsolete fensive "defensive" (late 16c.). Spelling alternated between -c- and -s- in Middle English. Sense of "enclosure" is first recorded mid-15c. on notion of "that which serves as a defense." Sense of "dealer in stolen goods" is thieves' slang, first attested c. 1700, from notion of such transactions taking place under defense of secrecy.
- fence (v.) early 15c., "defend" (oneself); mid-15c. as "protect with a hedge or fence;" from fence (n.). From 1590s as "fight with swords," from the noun in this sense (1530s); see fencing. From 1610s as "knowingly buy or sell stolen goods." Related: Fenced.
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