Fencing
['fensɪŋ] or ['fɛnsɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules).
艾德丽安錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p. Fenced ) /); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence
(n.) The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.
(v. i.) Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.
(v. i.) The materials used for building fences.
(v. i.) The act of building a fence.
(v. i.) The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.
格雷西校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Manual defence (with small swords or foils).
整理:昆廷
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I am tired of this fencing. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- After a moment's consideration, I suggested that perhaps fencing had been his accomplishment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He provided foils for us, and Steerforth gave me lessons in fencing--gloves, and I began, of the same master, to improve in boxing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. 威爾基·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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- This is not inapplicable to my uncle and his fencing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
校對:斯宾塞