fence
noun /fens/
/fens/
Idioms - enlarge imagea structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a boundary, or around a garden, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out
栅栏；篱笆；围栏 - The two women chatted over the garden fence.
两个女人隔着花园篱笆聊天。 - Security guards with dogs patrolled the perimeter fence.
带着警犬的保安在栅栏外围巡逻。 - The footpath was blocked by a barbed wire fence.
人行道被带刺的铁丝网挡住了。 - The house was surrounded by a white picket fence.
这座房子四周围着白色的尖板条栅栏。
Topics Gardensb1, Farmingb1- She walked over to the tall wooden privacy fence.
她走到高高的木质私家栅栏前。 - There was a cottage garden at the front and a white picket fence.
前面有一座别墅花园和一排白色的尖桩栅栏。 - a fence around the site
场地的围栏 - the airport perimeter fence
机场周围的栅栏 - the fence line separating the United States from Mexico
将美国与墨西哥隔开的栅栏线
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- tall
- low
- …
- build
- erect
- put up
- …
- post
- line
- over a/the fence
- fence around
- fence round
- …
- The two women chatted over the garden fence.
- a structure that horses must jump over in a race or a competition
（障碍赛马中的）障碍物 - (informal) a criminal who buys and sells stolen goods
买卖赃物者；销赃犯 see also ring fence
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘defending, defence’): shortening of defence. Compare with fend.
Idioms
the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)
- (saying) said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think they could be happier in a different place or situation
草是那边绿；这山望着那山高
mend (your) fences (with somebody)
- to find a solution when you disagree with somebody
解决纷争；消除隔阂 - The White House already is struggling to mend fences with Europe.
白宫已在努力改善与欧洲的关系。 - Is it too late to mend fences with your ex-wife?
现在与你前妻重归于好太晚了吗？
- The White House already is struggling to mend fences with Europe.
side of the fence
(North American English also side of the aisle)
- used to refer to either of two opposite opinions on an issue
围栏： 用于指代一个问题上两种相反的观点- The two countries are often on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to climate change.
在气候变化问题上，这两个国家经常是对立的。 - There are arguments on both sides of the aisle.
过道两边都有争论。
- On the other side of the fence there is anger at the reforms.
围墙的另一边是对改革的愤怒。 - It is a proposal approved by people on both sides of the political fence.
这是一项得到政治围墙两边的人同意的提议。
- The two countries are often on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to climate change.
sit on the fence
- to avoid becoming involved in deciding or influencing something
骑墙；持观望态度 - He tends to sit on the fence at meetings.
开会时他往往持观望态度。
- He tends to sit on the fence at meetings.