| 单词 | to fence off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fence off 5. transitive. To keep out, ward off, repel. Said both of persons and things. Also to fence off, to fence out. Often with mixture of sense 6. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > ward off harm withhold13.. defendc1330 to bear offc1380 withstand1398 shielda1400 repela1450 to keep off1548 repulse1560 warda1586 fence1589 shelter1621 ward1759 fend-off1830 to fend back1877 society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > debar (a person) forbarc1330 shutc1400 debarc1430 repel1480 abara1504 abridge1523 seclude?1531 bar1551 fence1589 bebar1650 limit1722 to shut out1819 stop-list1949 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 55 A cloake of gray fencst the raine. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. ix. 14 The Bosporus was too narrow a ditch..to fense the Pagans out of West-Christendome. 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) viii. 285 They fenced off thy word as with a shield. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 130 These high banks are made to..ffence out ye water. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 170 They had..no Bows to fence off the Waves. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress viii, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 250 A russet kirtle fenc'd the nipping air. 1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) II. 342 Government is well warranted in fencing out the whole sect from situations of trust and power. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 118 A cup of sack shall fence the cold. to fence off b. with about, in, round, up. to fence off: to keep off by a fence. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)] fastenOE enfirm1297 ofstrengthc1325 strengthc1325 warnc1330 ward1340 warnestorec1374 abattlec1380 embattlec1380 fortify1436 bulwark1450 strengthen1450 bastille1480 enstrength1483 rempare1525 munite1533 fence1535 force1535 ranforce1547 rampire1550 fort1559 ramforce1570 fortificate1575 refortify1579 ensconce1590 munify1596 sconce1598 renforce1602 harness1611 munish1633 tackle1645 schanze1901 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] beloukOE pind?c1225 closec1275 beshuta1300 to shut about13.. umbclosec1330 to close about1340 aclosec1350 in close1393 enclose?a1400 tinec1400 concludea1425 includec1425 wallc1430 underclosec1440 inclusea1450 hedgec1500 lista1513 inrail1523 interclude1524 fence1535 parclose1535 riba1547 pale1570 impale1579 embay1582 immure1583 upclosec1590 enchase1591 interclose1592 recinct1598 underfong1599 intermure1606 bound1609 engirt1627 bosom1637 infence1652 cancellate1664 circumclude1677 embosomc1750 comprehend1807 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with a fence or hedge haya1050 frith1377 hain14.. hedgea1425 fence1435 tinec1440 bara1500 mound1515 fence1535 teen1616 mile1655 picket1745 ring-fence1761 zariba1885 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage forsetc900 withseta1300 stop13.. speara1325 withsperre1330 to stop one's way1338 shut1362 forbara1375 beseta1400 stopc1400 precludea1513 interclude1526 to shut up1526 forestall1528 fence1535 hedge1535 quar1542 foreclose1548 forestop1566 to flounder up1576 obstruct1578 bar1590 retrench1590 to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596 barricade1606 barricado1611 thwartc1630 blocka1644 overthwart1654 rebarricado1655 to choke up1673 blockade1696 embarrass1735 snow1816 roadblock1950 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xiv. 7 Let vs buylde vp these cities, and fense them rounde aboute with walles. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xix. 8 Hee hath fenced vp my way. View more context for this quotation 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 100 Which makes the countrey people to fence in those places. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 697 On either side Acanthus..Fenc'd up the verdant wall. View more context for this quotation 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 222 These leaves are fenced round with strong Prickles above an inch long. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 3. 15 His Property is fenced about with Laws and Privileges. 1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Let. Boccaccio v Her dwelling was Fenced round by trees. 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 610 Fencing in a Claim, making a drive round the boundaries of an alluvial claim to secure the wash-dirt. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith viii. 349 It will be difficult to fence in securely on the side of Pantheism. < as lemmas |
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