fringe
fringe
noun
fringeless
adjective
fringy
adjective
语源
noun
- an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material
饰穗，缘饰，流苏 - (chiefly Brit.)the front part of someone's hair, cut so as to hang over the forehead
(主英)刘海
■a natural border of hair or fibres in an animal or plant
（动物的）缘缨；（植物的）毛缘 - (常作 the fringes)the outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity
（地区、组织或活动范围的）边缘；外围；界限；尽头
his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity.
他叔叔们干的勾当差不多就可以算是欺诈了。
■(the Fringe)a secondary festival on the periphery of the Edinburgh Festival
爱丁堡国际艺术节的次级节日 - a band of contrasting brightness or darkness produced by diffraction or interference of light
干扰条纹
■a strip of false colour in an optical image
散乱边纹 - (N. Amer.). short for fringe benefit
(北美)。 fringe benefit的简称
- [attrib.]not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme
非主流的，边缘的；非传统的；外围的；极端的，偏激的
fringe theatre.
末流戏院。
- [with obj.]decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe
用饰穗装饰（服装，材料）
a rich robe of gold, fringed with black velvet.
装饰有黑色天鹅绒的富贵的金色长袍。
■(常作 be fringed)form a border around (something)
形成…的边缘
the sea is fringed by palm trees.
海边有一排棕榈树。
■[as adj. fringed](of a plant or animal) having a natural border of hair or fibre
（植物，动物）有缘缨的
fringeless
adjective
fringy
adjective
语源
- Middle English: from Old French frenge, based on late Latin fimbria, earlier a plural noun meaning 'fibres, shreds'
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