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fence

/fɛns/ 頻出 頻度 1665位

要点囲い

意味

  1. (通例,木材・鉄線・針金などでできた)囲い,垣根,柵(さく),へい
  2. 剣術,フェシング(fencing)
  3. 《話》(盗品を買い受ける)故買人
  4. 〈土地など〉を柵(へい)で囲う;…を柵(へい)で仕切る
  5. 《話》〈盗品〉を買い受ける
  6. 剣を使う,フェシングをする
  7. (質問などを)受け流す《+with+名》

例文

語源

defence(防御)の頭が取れた形。身を守るための囲い「囲い・柵」、剣で身を守る「フェンシング」。

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence). The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century. Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare). Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).

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