transitive. figurative. To separate off or protect with an effective or comprehensive barrier or procedure. Also: to reserve for a particular purpose.
| 单词 | θ120141 |
| 释义 | the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body > by specific means (3) ring-fence1870 transitive. figurative. To separate off or protect with an effective or comprehensive barrier or procedure. Also: to reserve for a particular purpose. to twist out1887 figurative. to twist in, to initiate or swear in as a member or associate of the Luddites. to twist out: see quot. 1883; also literal, to get out… screen1943 transitive. To identify, select, exclude, or remove by means of screening (screening, n. 8); = to screen out 1b at phrasal verbs. |
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