英语词汇“catch fence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

catch fence n. a fence which catches and confines something; spec. (a) a barrier built to intercept and retain natural materials such as sand, falling rock, matter from a landslide, etc.; (b) a high fence around a racetrack, typically of wire mesh, designed to protect spectators from vehicles and flying debris in the event of a crash.

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1883 N.Y. Times 4 Aug. 5 Walls of brush and stone and sand catch-fences were erected in favorable positions [in the harbor].

1949 V. J. Chapman in Conf. Biol. & Civil Engin. (Inst. Civil Engineers) 154 The usual method for constructing a foredune is to erect a catch fence about 2 ½ feet high... Behind this..another fence is erected. These fences collect the sand.

1974 Road & Track July 112/1 Catch fences are usually employed in two or three ‘layers’ a few yards apart. They catch a race car and slow it down gradually.

1999 New Civil Engineer (Nexis) 1 Dec. Scaling of the cliffs to remove loose chalk, followed by rock bolting..[and] installation of..rock catch fences and debris traps.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Mar. b14/3 The racecars hit and Edwards was sent airborne and into the catch fence at Talladega.

单词	catch fence
释义	> as lemmas catch fence catch fence n. a fence which catches and confines something; spec. (a) a barrier built to intercept and retain natural materials such as sand, falling rock, matter from a landslide, etc.; (b) a high fence around a racetrack, typically of wire mesh, designed to protect spectators from vehicles and flying debris in the event of a crash. ΚΠ 1883 N.Y. Times 4 Aug. 5 Walls of brush and stone and sand catch-fences were erected in favorable positions [in the harbor]. 1949 V. J. Chapman in Conf. Biol. & Civil Engin. (Inst. Civil Engineers) 154 The usual method for constructing a foredune is to erect a catch fence about 2 ½ feet high... Behind this..another fence is erected. These fences collect the sand. 1974 Road & Track July 112/1 Catch fences are usually employed in two or three ‘layers’ a few yards apart. They catch a race car and slow it down gradually. 1999 New Civil Engineer (Nexis) 1 Dec. Scaling of the cliffs to remove loose chalk, followed by rock bolting..[and] installation of..rock catch fences and debris traps. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Mar. b14/3 The racecars hit and Edwards was sent airborne and into the catch fence at Talladega. extracted from catchv. < as lemmas
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