Fringe



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 窗帘等) 须边; 边缘
• ［英］ n. ( 窗帘等) 须边;边缘 ( an outer edge; border; margin)
• ［类］ 反义词: center ( 中心)
• ［记］ 和flange ( 凸出的轮缘) 一起记; 参考: on the fringes of a city ( 在城市边缘)
• ［例］ on the fringes of a city ( 在城市边缘)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English frenge, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from Latin fimbriae (plural)
• Date: 14th century
• 1. an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
• 2.
  • a. something resembling a fringe ; edge, periphery — often used in plural<operated on the fringes of the law>
  • b. chiefly British bang IV
  • c. one of various light or dark bands produced by the interference or diffraction of light
  • d. an area bordering a putting green on a golf course with grass trimmed longer than on the green itself
• 3.
  • a. something that is marginal, additional, or secondary to some activity, process, or subject <a fringe sport>
  • b. a group with marginal or extremist views
  • c. fringe benefit
• ? fringy adjective

II. transitive verb (fringed; fringing)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to furnish or adorn with a fringe
• 2. to serve as a fringe for ; border

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