English Dictionary

fringe

/fɹɪnd͡ʒ/

noun

A decorative border. / A marginal or peripheral part. / Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views. / The periphery of a town or city (or other area).

She added a fringe to the bottom of her curtains.

意味（1）

A decorative border.

the fringe of a picture

意味（2）

A marginal or peripheral part.

the confines of grace and the fringes of repentance

意味（3）

Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.

意味（4）

The periphery of a town or city (or other area).

He lives on the fringe of London.

意味（5）

(UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.

Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.

意味（6）

(physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.

interference fringe

意味（7）

Non-mainstream theatre.

The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe

意味（8）

(botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.

意味（9）

(golf) The area around the green

意味（10）

(Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.

All the fringe people thought it was such a good house, ingenious in fact, and erected similar makeshift housing for themselves.

意味（11）

(television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.