fringe
fringe 英 [frɪndʒ] 美 [frɪndʒ]
n. 边缘，外围；穗；刘海 adj. 边缘的 vt. 形成边缘
进行时:fringing 过去式:fringed 过去分词:fringed 第三人称单数:fringes 名词复数:fringes
- If you make cutoffs from jeans, the little white strings around the edges of the legs make a fringe. A fringe is a decorative edge made of hanging strings of fabric.
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- n. 边缘，外围；穗；刘海
- adj. 边缘的
- vt. 形成边缘
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1. Along the coast, an industrial fringe had already developed.
沿海岸一片带状工业区已发展起来。
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2. on the northern fringe of the city
该市的北部边缘
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3. the urban fringe, the rural fringe
市区╱农村边缘
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4. the fringes of society
社会的边缘
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5. fringe meetings at the party conference
党会议的一些分组会议
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6. The beach was fringed by coconut palms.
沿海岸边长着椰子树。
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7. a carpet with a fringed edge
四边有穗子的地毯
- fringe (n.) early 14c., "ornamental bordering; material for a fringe," from Old French frenge "thread, strand, fringe, hem, border" (early 14c.), from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathesis of Late Latin fimbria, from Latin fimbriae (plural) "fibers, threads, fringe," which is of uncertain origin. Meaning "a border, edge" is from 1640s. Figurative sense of "outer edge, margin," is first recorded 1894. As an adjective by 1809. Related: Fringes. Fringe benefits is recorded from 1952.
- fringe (v.) late 15c., "decorate with a fringe or fringes," from fringe (n.). Related: Fringed; fringing.
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