fences

[fensiz]
  • 释义
  • n.

    栅栏( fence的名词复数 );（障碍赛马中的）障碍物;买卖赃物者;击剑（术）;

  • v.

    围以栅栏( fence的第三人称单数 );搪塞;支吾;回避;

  • 词义辨析
  • fence, cage, coop, enclose, envelop, pen, wall
  • 这组词都可表示“包围”“装入”,它们的区别是：
    fence主要指用栅栏拦开或围起来; cage指关在笼子里,有侮辱意味; coop指被关进笼子般的狭小地方,也指受到更加严格的限制; enclose指设置界限或屏障把某人或某物围在其中,也指把某物装进密封的容器; envelop强调把某物体完全包起来或整个封起来; pen指监禁在狭窄的地方或施加令人不快的限制; wall指筑墙围住或关入围有墙壁的地方。例如:
    After the tiger was caught, it was caged.老虎被捉住后关进了笼子。
    He was cooped up in a tiny room.他被关进小房间。
    The little park was enclosed on all sides by tall apartment building.那个小公园的四周被高高的住宅楼围起来了。
    Smoke from the burning room enveloped the whole building.着火了的那个房间冒出的烟遮蔽了整座大楼。
    The shepherd has penned up the sheep in the two acre field.牧羊人把羊群围在那块两英亩的土地上。
    We are going to wall the garden.我们要用围墙把花园围起来。
  • fence, dodge, duck, malinger, parry, shirk
  • 这组词都有“回避”的意思,它们之间的区别是:fence指像击剑者那样“躲避”,强调灵巧和勇气; dodge强调动作迅速或突然变换位置进行“躲闪”,含有策略、机警、聪明的意思; duck指突然地弯腰或好像弯腰那样进行“躲〔回〕避”; malinger指伪装有病或虚弱,以“逃避”职责或艰巨的任务等; parry强调自卫的技能和灵巧; shirk指卑鄙地、胆怯地、鬼祟地去“躲〔回〕避”。例如:
    He was able to dodge so that the man's knife went through his sleeve, wounding him only slightly.他来得及躲开,那人的小刀刺穿他的衣袖,他仅受了点轻伤。
    He saw a policeman coming and ducked behind a car.他看到一个警察向他走来,便闪身躲在一辆汽车后面。
    She says she's got flu, but I think she's malingering.她说她感冒了,但我认为她是在装病逃避工作。
    I parried her question by the best excuses I could offer.我用自己能找到的最好借口回避她的问题。
    He shirked his duty to his family.他逃避家庭的职责。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    Young men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view.

    为了看得更清楚些，年轻人爬上了公共汽车和围墙。

    柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    Beyond the undeviating barbed - wire fences were clumps of golden rod.

    在一排排笔直的,用带刺的铁丝编扎的栅栏那一边,有一丛丛金黄色的秋麒麟草.

    辞典例句
  • 3、

    Washington was last night doing its best to mend fences with the Europeans, saying it understood their concerns.

    昨晚，华盛顿尽最大努力与欧洲各国修好，称理解其担忧。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 4、

    The youths are taught how to spray paint cars and mend fences.

    教授年轻人如何给汽车喷漆和修理护栏。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 5、

    They have spent $3 million building fences around the National Park to exclude such pests.

    为了阻止这类有害动物进入，他们已经耗资300万美元在国家公园周边建造围栏。

    柯林斯例句
  • 6、

    Sheets of corrugated iron are often used for temporary roofs and fences.

    波纹铁皮常用以建造临时屋顶和围墙.

    辞典例句
  • 7、

    He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen mustlive as the world lives.

    他用似是而非的遁词为他的教义作辩护,说政治家必须象世人那样活着.

    《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 8、

    Fruit trees extended out over the fences.

    果树枝伸出墙外.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 9、

    The camp is surrounded by razor-wire fences and guarded by military police.

    营地周围架着尖利的铁丝网，且有宪兵看守。

    柯林斯例句
  • 10、

    You've got to build fences, you're being a kid about it.

    做人总得防着点儿,你还嫩着哪, 你不懂这一套.

    辞典例句
  • 11、

    She was unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.

    她被藩蓠 、 法律及外来的戒律赶下了马.

    辞典例句
  • 12、

    Such fences were fairly functional, but were unattractive and wasteful of land.

    这种篱笆虽然实用, 却不美观,并且占地多.

    英汉非文学 - 民俗
  • 13、

    He fences well, as she had noticed before.

    正如她以前观察到的一样,他善于周旋.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 14、

    They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees.

    他们拆掉了木栅栏，并砍去了一些树枝。

    柯林斯例句
  • 15、

    Fences , sheds , everything had a ruined look, and were eloquent of poverty.

    篱笆, 窝棚,什么都七倒八歪,叫你一眼就瞧出那穷形窘状.

    辞典例句
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