Fringe
[frɪn(d)ʒ] or [frɪndʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels.
(noun.) a social group holding marginal or extreme views; 'members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times'.
(noun.) one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light.
(verb.) decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; 'fur fringed the hem of the dress'.
(verb.) adorn with a fringe; 'The weaver fringed the scarf'.
手打:菲尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.
(n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
(n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.
(n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.
(v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
埃里卡手打
解釋/意思:
n. loose threads forming an ornamental border: anything like a fringe even a girl's hair cut in front and falling over the brow: the extremity.—v.t. to adorn with fringe: to border.—adjs. Fringed; Fringe′less; Fring′ent fringing.—n. Fringe′-tree in the United States a large shrub with very numerous snow-white flowers in panicled racemes.—adj. Fring′y ornamented with fringes.
編輯:米兰达
例句/造句/用法:
- To be so near him--though he was silent, though he did not touch so much as her scarf-fringe or the white hem of her dress--affected her like a spell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A flush stole over Miss Sutherland's face, and she picked nervously at the fringe of her jacket. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The southeastern fringe of it spoke French dialects; the bulk, Frisian, Dutch, and other Low German languages. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is only the nucleus that can be guessed at; the fringe which shades out into various degrees of respectability remains entirely unmeasured. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It came downstairs as I went up, said the trooper, and crossed the moonlighted window with a loose black mantle on; I noticed a deep fringe to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Let the tank rest on inch boards with no opening under it, but in front; a fringe should hang in front for the chicks to run in and out under the tank. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Weeds and flowers spring from its massy arches and its circling seats, and vines hang their fringes from its lofty walls. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He was a delicate, bilious-looking, interesting child of eleven years of age, with large, pensive black eyes, and thick black fringes to them. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Goldenrod and asters fringed the mossy walls. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The candles lighted up Lord Steyne's shining bald head, which was fringed with red hair. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The water was brackish and the banks were fringed with timber. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The previous year she had made a dazzling debut fringed by a heavy thunder-cloud of bills. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The ottomans, which were uniformly placed, were covered with satin to correspond with the drapery, and fringed with silver. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The valleys are unsightly deserts fringed with a feeble vegetation that has an expression about it of being sorrowful and despondent. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Ahead of them was a reddish promontory running out into the calm waters, the trees fringing its crest like the mane of some wild animal. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
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