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a structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a boundary, or around a garden, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out 栅栏；篱笆；围栏 
The two women chatted over the garden fence. 两个女人隔着花园篱笆聊天。 Security guards with dogs patrolled the perimeter fence. 带着警犬的保安在栅栏外围巡逻。 The footpath was blocked by a barbed wire fence. 人行道被带刺的铁丝网挡住了。 The house was surrounded by a white picket fence. 这座房子四周围着白色的尖板条栅栏。
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensb1, Farmingb1She walked over to the tall wooden privacy fence. 她走到高高的木质私家栅栏前。 There was a cottage garden at the front and a white picket fence. 前面有一座别墅花园和一排白色的尖桩栅栏。 a fence around the site 场地的围栏 the airport perimeter fence 机场周围的栅栏 the fence line separating the United States from Mexico 将美国与墨西哥隔开的栅栏线
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- tall
- low
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- build
- erect
- put up
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- post
- line
- over a/the fence
- fence around
- fence round
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a structure that horses must jump over in a race or a competition （障碍赛马中的）障碍物 - (informal)
a criminal who buys and sells stolen goods 买卖赃物者；销赃犯 see also ring fence
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘defending, defence’): shortening of defence. Compare with fend.
Idioms
the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)
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said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think they could be happier in a different place or situation 草是那边绿；这山望着那山高
mend (your) fences (with somebody)
to find a solution when you disagree with somebody 解决纷争；消除隔阂 The White House already is struggling to mend fences with Europe. 白宫已在努力改善与欧洲的关系。 Is it too late to mend fences with your ex-wife? 现在与你前妻重归于好太晚了吗？
side of the fence
(North American English also side of the aisle)
used to refer to either of two opposite opinions on an issue 围栏： 用于指代一个问题上两种相反的观点The two countries are often on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to climate change. 在气候变化问题上，这两个国家经常是对立的。 There are arguments on both sides of the aisle. 过道两边都有争论。
Extra ExamplesOn the other side of the fence there is anger at the reforms. 围墙的另一边是对改革的愤怒。 It is a proposal approved by people on both sides of the political fence. 这是一项得到政治围墙两边的人同意的提议。
sit on the fence