fence
fence — 名詞
1. a flat upright barrier made from wood, metal, or wire that marks the edge of a p
圍籬；柵欄
分隔土地或防止出入的屏障
a flat upright barrier made from wood, metal, or wire that marks the edge of a piece of land, or stops people or animals from going into or out of an area.
The farmer built a wooden fence around the vegetable garden to keep the deer out.
農夫在菜園周圍蓋了一道木頭圍籬，防止鹿跑進來。
collocation: wooden fence / build a fence
Sayaka climbed over the fence to get her ball back from the neighbour's yard.
Sayaka 翻過圍籬，到鄰居院子裡撿回她的球。
verb phrase: climb over a fence
A tall iron fence separates the school playground from the busy main road.
一道高高的鐵柵欄把學校操場和車水馬龍的大馬路隔開。
The children sat on the fence and watched the horses in the nearby field.
孩子們坐在柵欄上，看著附近田野裡的馬。
Ramón painted the white fence along the front of the house last spring.
Ramón 去年春天把房子前面的白色圍籬油漆了一遍。
用法筆記
Often used in compounds: garden fence, wire fence, boundary fence. Unlike a wall, a fence is not made of stone or brick and is usually see-through.
常見錯誤
2. a person who makes money by buying and selling items that have been stolen.
銷贓者
買賣被竊物品的人
a person who makes money by buying and selling items that have been stolen.
The police arrested the fence who had been selling stolen jewellery for years.
警方逮捕了那名銷贓者，他多年來一直販賣偷來的珠寶。
register: informal criminal slang
Padma realised the shop was a fence when she spotted her camera on police records.
Padma 在警方的紀錄上看到自己的相機時，才發現那間店是銷贓的窩點。
Detectives followed the stolen paintings until they reached a well-known fence in the city.
偵探一路追查那些被盜的畫作，最後找到了城裡一個知名的銷贓者。
The thief sold the phones to a local fence for a fraction of their value.
小偷把那些手機賣給當地一個銷贓者，價格只有市價的一小部分。
- receiver
the formal legal term for someone who buys stolen property
- dealer in stolen goods
descriptive and more neutral, not slang
用法筆記
Slang term used in criminal contexts. In formal or legal language, 'receiver of stolen goods' is preferred.
常見錯誤
fence — 動詞
1. to take part in a sport where two competitors use thin swords called foils to tr
擊劍
從事使用長劍的格鬥運動
to take part in a sport where two competitors use thin swords called foils to try to score points by touching each other.
Dario has been fencing since he was twelve and has won three national medals.
Dario 從十二歲就開始練擊劍，已經贏得了三面全國賽獎牌。
verb pattern: has been fencing (present perfect continuous)
The two athletes fenced for nearly an hour before the match was finally decided.
那兩名選手擊劍將近一個小時，比賽才終於分出勝負。
Megan took up fencing at the local club to improve her speed and balance.
Megan 在當地的體育館開始學擊劍，以提升速度和平衡感。
At the world championships, the team fenced against opponents from more than twenty different countries.
在世界錦標賽上，該代表隊與來自二十多個不同國家的對手交鋒。
文法句型
fence against someone
用法筆記
Intransitive only — you do not fence someone as an object. The noun 'fencing' is more common than the verb in everyday use.
常見錯誤
2. to put a fence around a piece of land or an area, usually to mark where it ends
圍起；圈起
用柵欄圍住土地或區域
to put a fence around a piece of land or an area, usually to mark where it ends or to control who or what can go in or out.
The farmer fenced the pasture to stop the sheep from wandering onto the road.
農夫用柵欄圍住牧場，以免綿羊跑到馬路上。
standard transitive use
Iris fenced off the back garden so that the children could play safely.
Iris 把後花園用圍籬隔開，讓孩子們可以安全地玩耍。
phrasal: fence off an area
The construction site was fenced to keep the public away from the dangerous equipment.
建築工地周圍豎起了圍籬，不讓民眾靠近危險的機具。
Soraya plans to fence the vegetable patch to protect it from the rabbits.
Soraya 打算在菜圃四周圍上柵欄，防止兔子跑進來。
文法句型
fence something off
fence something in
用法筆記
Usually used with a place or area as the object. The particle 'off' emphasises separation ('fence off a dangerous area'), while 'in' keeps things inside ('fence in the chickens').
常見錯誤
3. to buy and sell things that have been stolen, especially as a regular way of mak
銷贓
買賣被竊物品以圖利
to buy and sell things that have been stolen, especially as a regular way of making money.
The shopkeeper was arrested for fencing stolen electronics from warehouse robberies.
那名店主因銷贓從倉庫竊案得來的電子產品而被逮捕。
pattern: fencing stolen [goods]
Brandon was accused of fencing the designer handbags that had been taken in the burglary.
Brandon 被指控銷贓那些在竊案中被偷走的設計師手提包。
Police believe the antiques dealer had been fencing stolen art for more than a decade.
警方認為那名古董商銷贓被盜藝術品已有十多年之久。
The gang fenced the stolen cars through a network of small independent garages.
那個幫派透過一連串小型獨立修車廠來銷贓被偷的汽車。
- sell stolen goods
descriptive phrase without the slang register
文法句型
fence something (stolen goods)
用法筆記
Highly informal criminal slang. In formal writing, use 'handle stolen goods' or 'deal in stolen property' instead.