单词 | fringe |
释义 | fringe —fringeless, adj. —fringelike, adj. —fringy, adj. /frinj/, n. , v. , fringed, fringing. n. 1. a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip. 2. anything resembling or suggesting this: a fringe of grass around a swimming pool. 3. an outer edge; margin; periphery: on the fringe of the art world. 4. something regarded as peripheral, marginal, secondary, or extreme in relation to something else: the lunatic fringe of a strong political party. 5. Optics. one of the alternate light and dark bands produced by diffraction or interference. 6. See fringe benefit. v.t. 7. to furnish with or as if with a fringe. 8. to serve as a fringe for, or to be arranged around or along so as to suggest a fringe: armed guards fringing the building. [1325-75; ME frenge < OF (F frange) < VL *frimbia, metathetic var. of LL fimbria, L fimbriae fringe] Syn. 2. edge, border, skirt, rim. |
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