Fence
[fens] or [fɛns]
解释:
(noun.) a barrier that serves to enclose an area.
(noun.) a dealer in stolen property.
(verb.) fight with fencing swords.
(verb.) enclose with a fence; 'we fenced in our yard'.
(verb.) receive stolen goods.
录入:威廉姆斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
(n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
(n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
(n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
(n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
(v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
(v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
(v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
(v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
(v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Wall, HEDGE, frame of posts and rails, &c.[2]. Shield, guard, security, defence.
v. a. [1]. Enclose with a fence.[2]. Guard, fortify, defend.
v. n. Practise fencing.
录入:威廉敏娜
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Circumscribe, enclose, protect, elude, parry, stave
ANT:Open, disenclose, catch, receive, suffer
杜安整理
解释:
n. a wall or hedge for enclosing animals or for protecting land: the art of fencing: defence: a receiver of stolen goods also a receiving-house.—v.t. to enclose with a fence: to fortify.—v.i. to practise fencing: to conceal the truth by equivocal answers.—adjs. Fenced enclosed with a fence; Fence′less without fence or enclosure open.—n. Fenc′er one who practises fencing with a sword.—adj. Fenc′ible capable of being fenced or defended.—n.pl. Fenc′ibles volunteer regiments raised for local defence during a special crisis: militia enlisted for home service.—p.adj. Fenc′ing defending or guarding.—n. the act of erecting a fence: the art of attack and defence with a sword or other weapon.—n. Fenc′ing-mas′ter one who teaches fencing.—Fence the tables in the ancient usage of Scotland to debar from partaking in communion those guilty of any known sin.—Sit on the fence to be still hesitating as between two opinions; Sunk fence a ditch or water-course.
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娱乐性解释：
To dream of climbing to the top of a fence, denotes that success will crown your efforts. To fall from a fence, signifies that you will undertake a project for which you are incapable, and you will see your efforts come to naught. To be seated on a fence with others, and have it fall under you, denotes an accident in which some person will be badly injured. To dream that you climb through a fence, signifies that you will use means not altogether legitimate to reach your desires. To throw the fence down and walk into the other side, indicates that you will, by enterprise and energy, overcome the stubbornest barriers between you and success. To see stock jumping a fence, if into your enclosure, you will receive aid from unexpected sources; if out of your lot, loss in trade and other affairs may follow. To dream of building a fence, denotes that you are, by economy and industry, laying a foundation for future wealth. For a young woman, this dream denotes success in love affairs; or the reverse, if she dreams of the fence falling, or that she falls from it.
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例句:
- I have great hopes for my boy, observed Jo, watching him fly over the fence with an approving smile. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- As Sissy said it, her eyes were attracted by another of those rotten fragments of fence upon the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Come, come, Lady Dedlock, we must not fence and parry now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- We have all seen fence posts and bricks pushed out of place because of the heaving of the soil beneath them. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- What have you got to say for yourself, you withered old fence, eh? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- There was a crowd of soldiers along the fence in the infield. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- There were villas with iron fences and big overgrown gardens and ditches with water flowing and green vegetable gardens with dust on the leaves. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- It was open for about an hour's ride, and after that it was cut across by various farms and fences. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- What might be called a raft-bridge was soon constructed from material obtained from wooden buildings, stables, fences, etc. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- They show their real vitality by a relentless growth in spite of all the little fences and obstacles that foolish politicians devise. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- In a farm where all the necessary buildings, fences, drains, communications, etc. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- In _wire-working_ great advances have been made in machines for making _barbed wire fences_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- There were no walls, no fences, no hedges--nothing to secure a man's possessions but these random heaps of stones. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Now I think on 't, I think I hearn 'em tell that dat ar road was all fenced up and down by der creek, and thar, an't it, Andy? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- And every road is fenced in by tall, solid lava walls, which will last a thousand years in this land where frost is unknown. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- One is so fenced and guarded from the weather, that not a breath of air can find its way unpermitted. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- A man's property is supposed to be fenced against every mortal, in every possible case. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The walls of stately date-palms that fenced the gardens and bordered the way, threw their shadows down and made the air cool and bracing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I telled Mas'r 't was all shet up, and fenced up, and I didn't spect we could get through,--Andy heard me. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- We could have felt affluent if we had been officially surveyed and fenced in. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I am tired of this fencing. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- After a moment's consideration, I suggested that perhaps fencing had been his accomplishment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- He provided foils for us, and Steerforth gave me lessons in fencing--gloves, and I began, of the same master, to improve in boxing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- You can teach me, and then when we play _Hamlet_, you can be Laertes, and we'll make a fine thing of the fencing scene. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I contrived to refer to him indirectly, and after a little fencing on either side she at last mentioned that he had gone out. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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