on the fence 的 3 个定义
- a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of vertical posts connected with horizontal sections of sturdy material or materials, as wood, metal, vinyl, or wire, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary: Our garden fence is not high enough to keep the deer out.
- Informal. a person who receives and disposes of stolen goods.
- the place of business of such a person.
- (8)
fenced, fenc·ing.
- to enclose by some barrier, establishing exclusive right to possession: to fence a farm.
- to separate by or as by a fence or fences: to fence off a corner of one's yard; to fence out unwholesome influences.
- to defend; protect; guard: The president was fenced by bodyguards wherever he went.
- (6)
fenced, fenc·ing.
- to practice the art or sport of fencing.
- to parry arguments; strive to avoid giving direct answers; hedge: The mayor fenced when asked if he would run again.
- to leap over a fence.
- Obsolete. to raise a defense.
on the fence 近义词
undecided
on the fence 的近义词 30 个
- ambivalent
- betwixt and between
- blowing hot and cold
- borderline
- debatable
- divided
- hemming and hawing
- hesitant
- iffy
- impartial
- in the middle
- indecisive
- irresolute
- neutral
- not definite
- not sure
- of two minds
- open
- running hot and cold
- tentative
- torn
- uncertain
- unclear
- uncommitted
- undetermined
- unsure
- up in the air
- waffling
- wavering
- wishy-washy
更多on the fence例句
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- I saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.
- Another fence: who would furnish that two hundred and fifty dollars and secure him for the remainder?
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.