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- an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material饰穗, 缘饰, 流苏。
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- chiefly Brit. the front part of someone's hair, cut so as to hang over the forehead〈主英〉刘海。
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- a natural border of hair or fibres in an animal or plant（动物的）缘缨; （植物的）毛缘。
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- （常作the fringes）the outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity（地区、组织或活动范围的）边缘; 外围; 界限; 尽头：
his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity.
他叔叔们干的勾当差不多就可以算是欺诈了。
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the Fringe
a secondary festival on the periphery of the Edinburgh Festival爱丁堡艺穗节。
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- a band of contrasting brightness or darkness produced by diffraction or interference of light干扰条纹。
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- a strip of false colour in an optical image散乱边纹。
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- N. Amer. short for FRINGE BENEFIT.〈北美〉FRINGE BENEFIT的简称。
attrib.
- not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme非主流的, 边缘的; 非传统的; 外围的; 极端的, 偏激的：
fringe theatre.
末流戏院。
with obj.
1- decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe用饰穗装饰（服装, 材料）：
a rich robe of gold, fringed with black velvet.
装饰有黑色天鹅绒的富贵金色长袍。
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- （常作be fringed）form a border around (something)形成…的边缘：
the sea is fringed by palm trees.
海边有一排棕榈树。
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- as adj. fringed(of a plant or animal) having a natural border of hair or fibre（植物, 动物）有缘缨的。
派生词
fringeless
adjectivefringy
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French frenge, based on late Latin fimbria, earlier a plural noun meaning 'fibres, shreds'.