单词 | fenced-in |
释义 | fencefence2 verb 1[transitive] to put a fence around something2[intransitive] to fight with a long thin sword as a sport3[intransitive + with] to answer someone’s questions in a skilled way in order to get an advantage in an argument4[intransitive, transitive] informal to buy stolen goods from the people who have stolen them, and then sell them to other people for a profitfence in phrasal verb1fence something ↔ in to surround a place with a fence: They fenced the field in with barbed wire.2fence somebody ↔ in to make someone feel that he or she is not free to choose where to go or what to do: As kids we were fenced in by rules and regulations.—fenced-in adjectivefence somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb to separate one area from another area with a fence: We’ve fenced off the back of the property. |
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