English Dictionary

fence

/fɛns/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 くだけた表現 広義 廃用 比喩的用法

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

日本語の意味

薄い人工の障壁で、土地の境界や家、建物の敷地などを囲むために設けられるもの。

The dog jumped over the fence.

意味（1）

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures

意味（2）

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

意味（3）

(by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.

意味（4）

Skill in oral debate.

意味（5）

(obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.

I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence

意味（6）

A guard or guide on machinery.

意味（7）

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

I was in your arms Thinking I belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence

意味（8）

(computing, programming) A memory barrier.

fences （ plural ）