1 (BrE) hair頭髮➡ see also bangsADJECTIVE | VERB + FRINGE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤heavy, thick濃密的劉海➤floppy鬆弛下垂的劉海➤long長長的劉海VERB + FRINGE➤grow out留劉海▸➤cut, trim剪劉海;修劉海◇My fringe needs cutting.我的劉海要剪一下。➤push撥開劉海◇She kept pushing her fringe off her forehead.她不停地把劉海從額前撥弄開。PREPOSITION➤from beneath your fringe, from under your fringe從劉海下◇She stared at us from beneath her fringe.她的眼睛從劉海下盯着我們。fringe
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2 (especially BrE) outer edge of a place, group, society, etc.界線ADJECTIVE | VERB + FRINGE | FRINGE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤outer外緣➤radical激進分子▸➤eastern, western, etc.東緣、西緣等▸➤coastal, urban海岸線;城郊▸➤lunatic (BrE) 狂熱派◇the lunatic fringe of the nationalist parties各民族主義黨派內的激進分子VERB + FRINGE➤remain on一直在邊緣◇He has always remained on the fringes of mainstream politics.他一直處在主流政治的邊緣。FRINGE + NOUN➤area邊緣區域▸➤group邊緣群體▸➤meeting外圍會議▸➤theatre/theater, venue邊緣劇場◇He moved from fringe theatre / theater to the West End.他從邊緣劇場轉到了倫敦西區。PREPOSITION➤along the fringe沿着邊緣◇the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes沿着安第斯山脈東緣的森林➤around the fringe圍繞邊緣◇new housing around the urban fringe城郊的新住房➤beyond the fringe超過界線◇Beyond this fringe no agriculture is possible.這個界線以外無法種植農作物。➤on the fringe, on the fringes在邊緣◇These people live on the fringes of society.這些人生活在社會的邊緣。