/fens ||; fɛns/noun
[C] a line of wooden or metal posts joined by wood, wire, metal, etc to divide land or to keep in animals 栅栏;篱笆
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/fens ||; fɛns/verb
1 [T] to surround land with a fence 用栅栏或篱笆围住
2 [I] to fight with a long thin pointed weapon(a foil)as a sport 击剑
fence sb/sth in
1 to surround sb/sth with a fence 把…用栅栏或篱笆围起来:
They fenced in their garden to make it more private.为免受骚扰,他们把花园用栅栏围起来。
2 to limit sb's freedom 限制某人的自由:
She felt fenced in by so many responsibilities.她承担如此多的责任,觉得捆住了手脚。
fence sth off to separate one area from another with a fence 用栅栏把某范围隔开
fence1/fɛns; fens/n [C] 1 a line of upright wooden posts with wire or wood between that surrounds an area of land 栅栏﹐篱笆﹐围栏: the garden fence 花园的篱笆a wooden fence 木围栏2 a structure that horses jump over in a race or competition〔马匹于比赛中跳过的〕障碍物3 informal someone who buys and sells stolen goods【非正式】买卖赃物的人
fence2v [I] to fight with a sword as a sport 击剑 —fencing n [U] fence sth in phr v to surround a place with a fence 用栅栏[篱笆]围住fence sth off phr v to separate one area from another with a fence 用栅栏[篱笆]隔开: We fenced off part of the field. 我们把这块地隔出一部分。