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词汇 fringe
释义 fringe
noun[ C ]
uk /frɪndʒ/ us /frɪndʒ/

fringenoun[C] (EDGE)


C2
the outer part of an area:
the southern fringe of the city城市的南部边缘
the outer fringes of the prairie
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Edges & extremities of objects
apex
apical
apices
bevel
border
bottom
cap
circumference
edge
extremity
foot
line of demarcation
palm-fringed
perimeter
peripherally
periphery
rim
spout
tip
verge

fringenoun[C] (MINORITY)


a part of a group that is not very powerful, or is more extreme than the main group, and does not include many of its members :
the radical fringes of the party该党的外围激进派别
lunatic fringeThe pamphlet was generally dismissed as the work of a small lunatic fringe.
fringe meetingHe attended several of the fringe meetings at the conference.在大会期间他参加了几场外围会议。
fringe candidateShe's a fringe candidate who has no real chance of getting elected.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Of little or less importance
be in/under someone's shadowidiom
be neither here nor thereidiom
big deal
biggie
derisory
marginal
meaningless
meaninglessly
meaninglessness
mere
picayune
picture
piddling
piddly
piffling
unrevolutionary
unserious
unseriousness
venial
vestigial

fringenoun[C] (DECORATION)


a decorative edge of hanging narrow strips of material or threads on a piece of clothing or material: (衣服等边缘的)穗子,缘饰,流苏
a fringe around the edge of a tablecloth桌布边缘的流苏
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Decorations for clothes
badged
badging
bemedalled
epaulette
eyelet
flash
fob
frill
frou-frou
nacre
piping
pussy bow
shoulder pad
spangle
stud
studded
tassel
train
trim
trimming

fringenoun[C] (HAIR)


C2UK(USbangs)
an area of hair hanging over the forehead (= part of the face above the eyes) that is cut shorter than the rest of the hair: 刘海儿,额前短垂发
a short fringe短刘海儿
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hairstyles
Afro
Afro puff
bandeau
Bantu knots
barnet
blow-dry
bowl cut
chignon
fade
hair extension
hairdo
kiss curl
pony
pudding basin
relaxed
shake out
shoulder-length
sidelock
skinhead
undercut

fringenoun[C] (GOLF)


in golf, an area surrounding the green where the grass is longer than the grass on the green but shorter than the grass on the fairway :
As she walked up to the green to survey her next shot, the ball began to roll down to the fringe.
Fans loudly applauded his 30-foot putt across the green from the fringe.
He came up well short on his third shot, the ball stopping on the front fringe.
Only the putting surfaces on the greens and the fringe remain green, while the fairways are brown.
He needed to hit the ball hard enough to cross the fringe and yet softly enough for it not to roll miles past the pin.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Golf
approach shot
best ball
better ball
bogey
bogie
caddy
carry
chip
dogleg
greenside
hazard
hole
hole out
lay someone up
long game
rough
tap
waggle
wedge
yip
fringe
verb
uk /frɪndʒ/ us /frɪndʒ/
 be fringed with something
If a place is fringed with something, that thing forms a border along the edge: 边缘有着…
The river is fringed with wildflowers.河两岸长满了野花。

fringe | American Dictionary


fringe
noun[ C ]
us/frɪndʒ/

fringenoun[C] (EDGE)


the outer or less important part of an area, group, or activity:
There is some industry on the fringes of the city.
His organization is a fringe group (= one that represents the views of a small number of people).

fringenoun[C] (DECORATION)


a decorative edge of narrow strips of material or threads on a piece of clothing or material
fringe
verb[ T ]
us/frɪndʒ/

fringeverb[T] (FORM EDGE)


to form a border around the edge of something:
The coast is fringed with islands and beaches.

fringe | Business English


fringe
noun[ C ]
uk /frɪndʒ/us
the outer or less important part of an area, group, or activity:
the northern/eastern/southwestern, etc. fringeThe courthouse - on the northeastern fringe of downtown - will house district and bankruptcy courts.
the fringe of sthThe share price soared and took the company to the fringe of the FTSE 100.
These activities are very much on the fringe of their global operation.
the extremist/radical/political fringe

Examples of fringe


fringe
On the fringes of this group, immediately below it, come twenty towns whose scores are close to the average.
They were on the fringes of the official art world but did partly work or show underground.
All are men of mature years with a settled habit of exploiting the community on whose fringes they exist.
With the militia demand the term militarism entered the fringes of debate.
What makes grammaticalization: a look from its fringes and its components.
Wing fringes distinctly smoky grey; some of the hairs on the veins are also dark grey or smoky grey.
Most workers, in consequence, were non-migrants, living in villages fringing the town that were relatively free from colonial control.
From the peripheral position at the fringes they have occupied for more than two decades, theyjump to a central point of architectural relevance.
Image processing was applied to find the fringes of characteristic etch pits that are typical for aqueous sedimentary grains.
They complained in 1478, for example, that they were allocated stalls on the fringes of the cloth fairs.
In the middle picture it can be seen that the fringes almost disappear, appear again, and then the brightness of the fringes decreases once more.
The black lines represent the position of the reference fringes.
The interference pattern is periodic in nature, consisting of alternate dark and bright fringes.
Clear and well-defined fringes indicate that a stable phase relationship is conserved across all the generated visible spectrum.
The lake margins are convoluted giving rise to numerous shallow bays fringed in many parts by large tropical swamps.
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Collocations withfringe


fringe

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eastern fringe
That takes me round to the easternfringe of my diagram; namely, the children.
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Hansard archive

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fringe candidate
A vote for the most fringecandidate—the most way-out or wacky candidate—will count more often than those votes for the first or second preferences.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
fringe element
There may be a fringeelement of management concerned with tax evasion.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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