fringe

• n. 边缘；穗；刘海
• adj. 边缘的；附加的
• vt. 加穗于

词源不详。

1. the outside boundary or surface of something

2. a part of the city far removed from the center;

"they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

3. a social group holding marginal or extreme views;

"members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times"

4. edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels

fringe

fringe: [14] Late Latin fimbria meant ‘fibre, thread’ (it is used in modern English as an anatomical term for a threadlike structure, such as the filaments at the opening of the Fallopian tube). In the plural it was applied to a ‘fringe’, and eventually this meaning fed back into the singular. In Vulgar Latin fimbria, by the soundreversal process known as metathesis, became *frimbia, which passed into Old French as fringe or frenge – source of the English word.

fringe (n.)

early 14c., "ornamental bordering; material for a fringe," from Old French frenge "thread, strand, fringe, hem, border" (early 14c.), from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathesis of Late Latin fimbria, from Latin fimbriae (plural) "fibers, threads, fringe," which is of uncertain origin. Meaning "a border, edge" is from 1640s. Figurative sense of "outer edge, margin," is first recorded 1894. As an adjective by 1809. Related: Fringes. Fringe benefits is recorded from 1952.

fringe (v.)

late 15c., "decorate with a fringe or fringes," from fringe (n.). Related: Fringed; fringing.

edge, border, margin, rim, verge, brim, fringe

这些名词均有"边，边缘"之意。

edge： 普通用词，指较窄的边沿。

border： 侧重刚好在界线内的一部分表面上，指较宽的边缘，也可指边缘本身。

margin： 指物体的空白边，一般较宽。

rim： 指圆形或有曲线的物体的边缘。

verge： 指明显地标志一个表在或一广阔空间的边界，或终端线，也指极狭窄的空间。常用作比喻。

brim： 指深容器的内边或河、湖等水域的最高线。

fringe： 指地毯的须边、围巾的花边、烫发的卷边或人群的边缘。

a fringe of woodland

一条林带

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Along the coast, an industrial fringe had already developed.

沿海岸一片带状工业区已发展起来。

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on the northern fringe of the city

该市的北部边缘

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the urban/rural fringe

市区 / 农村边缘

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the fringes of society

社会的边缘

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Nina remained on the fringe of the crowd.

尼娜仍然在人群的边上。

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Street musicians have been gathering as part of the festival fringe.

街头音乐人正聚集起来，为会演作助兴演出。

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fringe meetings at the party conference

党会议的一些分组会议

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The beach was fringed by coconut palms.

沿海岸边长着椰子树。

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a carpet with a fringed edge

四边有穗子的地毯

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The monarchists are a small fringe group who quarrel fiercely among themselves.

君主主义者是一个内部争吵激烈的非主流的小团体。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the numerous fringe meetings held during the party conference.

在全党大会期间召开的众多次要会议

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The party remained on the fringe of the political scene until last year.

直到去年为止这个政党一直处在政治舞台的外围。

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...black townships located on the fringes of the city...

城市周边的黑人居住区

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They lived together in a mixed household on the fringe of a campus.

他们一起住在校园边上一处男女合租的房子里。

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The jacket had leather fringes.

这件夹克有皮穗。

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It's the lunatic fringe of the Animal Liberation Front which smashes the windows of butchers'shops, not ordinary members like us.

是 “动物解放阵线”的极端分子打碎了肉店的玻璃窗, 可不是我们这样的普通成员.

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Sullen clouds are gathering fast over the black fringe of the forest.

乌云迅速地聚集在森林那黑暗的边缘上.

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The principle moire pattern produced and method of setting fringe level have been introduced.

论文首先阐明了课题的研究背景,目的和意义,介绍了云纹形成原理和定级方法.

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The company plans to beef up our fringe benefit.

公司打算增加我们的附加福利.

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Your company has very generous fringe benefit policies.

你们公司有丰厚的附加福利政策.

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The myelin was harder to see a faintly undulating fringe on the edge of the neurons.

髓磷脂是很难看到的.它就象模模糊糊的、起伏波动的饰缘镶在神经元的边缘上.

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His new fringe is quite good looking.

他新剪的刘海儿很漂亮.

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Far more dangerous than skydiving, BASE jumping is still seen as a 23 fringe sport.

危险性远超过特技跳伞的定点跳伞, 至今仍被视为一项边缘运动.

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ITU G . 723.1 procedures, fringe test code.

1编解码程序, 附带测试代码.

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