| 单词 | fencing |
| 释义 | fencing (once / 2346 pages) 1n 2n Fencing is a structure that encloses a yard or area, like the fencing that keeps your dog confined. Another kind of fencing is a sport with long pointy foils that has been popular with Hamlet, Holden Caulfield, and lots of other fancy kids. You might buy enough fencing to close in your whole back yard — it could be made of wood, metal, or even plastic, and this material can also be called fencing. A completely different kind of fencing is the sport that involves combat with sword-like weapons. Fencing started as military training and a way of settling disputes, but it grew into a sport during the 18th century, and is now even included in the Olympics. WORD FAMILYfencing: fencings+/fence: fenced, fencelike, fencer, fences, fencing/fenced: unfenced/fencer: fencers USAGE EXAMPLESSo far, he’s received about 300 donated bales and some donated fencing material that helped him rebuild 3 miles of fence. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) “They asked us to put some locations down, so we talked about areas they’d proposed and some infrastructure, whether it’s a wall or fencing.” New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Raised for stardom, the sisters attended private schools and were chauffeured to acting, dancing, music and fencing classes. Seattle Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1 1n a barrier that serves to enclose an area Syn|Hypo|Hyper fence backstop (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field chainlink fencea fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern hedge, hedgerowa fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes paling, picket fencea fence made of upright pickets rail fencea fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) stone walla fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields walla masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) weira fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish dry wall, dry-stone walla stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar party walla wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners privet hedgehedge of privet plants retaining walla wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) shelterbelt, windbreakhedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion Virginia fence, snake fence, snake-rail fence, worm fencerail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement 2n material for building fences 2Syn|Hyper fencing material building material material used for constructing buildings n the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) Hyper play, swordplay the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully combat, fight, fighting, scrapthe act of fighting; any contest or struggle |
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