| 单词 | sunk fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunk fence sunk fence n. one placed along the bottom of a depression in the ground; sometimes applied to a ditch. Often preceded by a qualifying word, as: gun-, pale-, quick-, ring-, snake-, wire-, etc. fence, for which see those words.extracted from fencen.sunk fence sunk fence n. a ditch with a wall on its inner side below ground level, forming a boundary to a park or garden without interrupting the view; = ha-ha n.2; cf. sunken fence n. at sunken adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > ha-ha ha-ha1712 sunk fence1745 ha1766 1745 D. Fordyce Dialogues conc. Educ. I. xi. 428 She leapt from the sunk Fence, and with difficulty scrambled up the opposite Side of the Ditch. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. vii. 137 The contiguous ground of the park without the sunk fence was to be harmonized with the lawn within. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 119 You may see the cottage from the sunk fence over yonder. 1999 Oxoniensia 63 103 Mr Parkinson was given the task of designing such a ‘ha-ha’ and the perpendicular wall built against the eastern side of the sunk fence is still there. < as lemmas |
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