fence

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ldoce_093_gfence1 /fens/ S3 noun [countableC]

TBDa structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land 〔木头、金属等做的〕栅栏，围栏，篱笆 →5 See picture of barbed wire fence 带刺铁丝网, electric fence 电围栏, fence/picket fence AmE 【美】尖桩篱栅 ... →4 See picture of 见图 fence

2. DSHa wall or other structure that horses jump over in a race or competition 〔赛马中的〕障碍物

3. informalSCC someone who buys and sells stolen goods 买卖赃物者

4. sit/be on the fence DECIDEto avoid saying which side of an argument you support 保持中立，抱骑墙态度

Examples from the Corpus

sit/be on the fence• If the encyclopaedia has a weakness it is that it sits on the fence on controversial issues.• He is the obvious choice for those who wish to sit on the fence.

→ mend (your) fences at mend1(4)

Examples from the Corpus

fence• He was beaten with a fence post and stabbed.• If 64 horses start a race of six fences and half of those left fall at each fence, how many finish?• Three arrangements with eight fences; five with ten fences ... odd numbers ... Was there a pattern?• And John, the stud bull spooked by the power lines that suddenly appear on the other side of the fence.• A workman adjusting a machine removed the fence and turned the machine by hand in order to do the job.• They tore the fence down to get at us.• Q: I planted nine tomatoes by a wooden fence and six close to the back wall of the house.

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fence2 verb

1 [transitiveT]TBC to put a fence around something 用栅栏[篱笆]围起

old farmhouses and fenced gardens

旧农舍和带围栏的花园

2. [intransitiveI]DSO to fight with a long thin sword as a sport 击剑

3. ALANSWER/REPLY[intransitiveI + with] to answer someone’s questions in a clever way in order to get an advantage in an argument 巧妙回答；搪塞

4 fence somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verbphr v

a) TBCto surround a place with a fence 用栅栏[篱笆]围住

The yard was fenced in to keep out wolves.

院子用篱笆围起防止狼进来。

b) ESCAPEto make someone feel that they cannot leave a place or do what they want 限制〔某人〕的自由，束缚〔某人〕

Young mothers often feel fenced in at home.

年轻母亲往往感觉自己被束缚在家里。

Examples from the Corpus

fence in• One man, wearing a red cap and with a knife in his mouth, was already on top of the fence.• The entire complex is surrounded by 10-foot - high chain-link fencing.• Why did the mind and the heart have to be such antagonists, the one trying to fence the other in?• The chain-link fence swerved in, and this time I hit the brakes hard.• Her father left things with her for mending, like a sheep leaves its wool on a fence, in passing.• There was a lovely picture of him on telly last night peering woefully over the fence dressed in snazzy suit.• The rink would not be fenced off in the families-only section and would be open for use by adults.• A lime-green chameleon, stretching from fence to shrub in torpid motion, beguiled us.

5 fence something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v SEPARATEto separate one area from another area with a fence 用栅栏[篱笆]把…隔开

a planting area fenced off from the main garden

用栅栏与主花园隔开的种植区

Examples from the Corpus

fence off• Till the boy fell in and they fenced it off.• She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow, gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it.• Shocked driver Shaun Robinson crashed into a fence, writing off his Capri, but escaped injury.• Back towards the house, a wattle fence divides off the western side of the garden.

Examples from the Corpus

fence• Those who have ever given fencing a chance up-close, probably realize that it always has been an entertaining event.• Till now they had fenced gently.• They have all been trapped by the high rift walls that fence in the plain.• Now enlightened farmers are fencing off and replanting areas which can he selectively utilised for animal feeding.

From Longman Business Dictionary

fencefence /fens/ verb [intransitiveI] informalLAW

to buy and sell stolen goods

The police suspect he has been fencing electronic equipment.

Origin fence1

(1300-1400) defense

fence1 nounfence2 verb

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