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ldoce_127_cfringe1 /frɪndʒ/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  British EnglishDCB if you have a fringe, your hair is cut so that it hangs down over your forehead 刘海 SYN American English bangs a tall girl with straight brown hair and a fringe 一头棕色直发、留着刘海的高个子女孩 →5  See picture of fringe BrE【英】/bangs AmE【美】刘海, fringe 流苏2. DECORATEa decorative edge of hanging threads on a curtain, piece of clothing etc 〔帷幕、衣服等上的〕穗，缘饰，流苏3  on the fringes (of something) a) RIGHT/PROPERnot completely belonging to or accepted by a group of people who share the same job, activities etc 属于（…的）边缘的 a small group on the fringes of the art world 艺术界边缘的一个小群体 b) (also on the fringe)EDGE at the part of something that is farthest from the centre 在（…的）边缘，在（…的）外围 SYN on the edge of something Nina remained on the fringe of the crowd. 尼娜一直在人群的外围。 → the lunatic fringe at lunatic(3)

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fringe• Today, its population has shrunk to only seven known populations on the distant fringes of metropolitan Southern California.• When she arrived at the edge of the covert, she made her way cautiously along its downhill fringes.• a lunatic fringe of cranks and reactionaries, who probably still believe that the earth is flat• Slowly people are moving away from the marginal fringe.• Crusading journalist William Lloyd Garrison represented the radical fringe.• I should say, it was the scum fringes of each group, not the majority of decent followers of the game.• The terrorist fringe condemned the decision and threatened to use force.• Hockey moved from the fringe to the mainstream when it went from a specialty item to a staple.• Something exploded on the fringe of his vision and sent out jagged streaks of orange flame like cartoon electricity.• In reality, however, even when the electrons are sent one at a time, the fringes still appear.fringe2 adjective [only before noun]  fringe group/event/issue etc a group, event etc that is less important or popular than the main group etc, or whose opinions are not accepted by most other people involved in the same activity 边缘[非主流]团体/事件/问题等 OPP mainstream He used a party conference fringe meeting to defend terrorism. 他利用政党大会期间的分组会议为恐怖主义辩护。 The environment is no longer a fringe issue. 环境不再是一个边缘问题了。 a fringe religious sect 一个边缘宗教派别

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fringe• If you were doing clinical research with a spiritual or religious factor, you were considered fringe.• Working condition fringe benefits are tax-free.• Prepaid plans for legal services are now available to over 2 million households as fringe benefits in union contracts.• Individuals would not pay taxes on interest or investment income, and businesses could not deduct the cost of fringe benefits.• The remaining 5 percent aligned themselves with fringe groups such as the Natural Law, Green and Libertarian parties.• Few attendees doubted that some fringe groups would respond violently.• That means making smaller purchases instead of one big buy and cutting back on fringe items.fringe3 verb [transitive]  EDGEto be around the edge of something 在…的边缘 A line of trees fringed the pool. 水池的周围种了一圈树。→ See Verb table

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fringe• Emily Groundwater's eyes opened widely, and he saw that they were smoke-grey, fringed by long dark lashes.• The river was clear and rushing and fringed by trees.• He let his gaze rest upon the awed and silent faces that fringed his passage, but without seeing them.• The fields here were fringed with rowan trees, their bright red berries clashing horribly with the purple heather of late summer.• The line formed a two-mile semicircle along the bank of a small creek that was fringed with woods.nthe FringeFringe, the  nthe theatre productions in the edinburgh festival which are not part of the official programme a Fringe production a comedian who was a great success at the FringeFrom Longman Business Dictionaryfringefringe /frɪndʒ/ adjective [only before a noun]COMMERCE relating to something that is in addition to the main or most important part of somethingThe company is a fringe player in the US with less than 2% of the car market.We were spending a lot of money on the fringe areas that weren’t producing results.Origin fringe1 (1300-1400) Old French Latin fimbria “threads”

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Fringe
Fringe, the
the theatre productions in the Edinburgh Festival which are not part of the official programme:
    a Fringe production
    a comedian who was a great success at the Fringe

fringe

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fringe¹ /frɪndʒ/ noun [countable]1. British English if you have a fringe, your hair is cut so that it hangs down over your forehead
   SYN  bangs American English:
    a tall girl with straight brown hair and a fringe
2. a decorative edge of hanging threads on a curtain, piece of clothing etc
3. on the fringes (of something)
  a. not completely belonging to or accepted by a group of people who share the same job, activities etc:
    a small group on the fringes of the art world
  b. (also on the fringe) at the part of something that is farthest from the centre
   SYN  on the edge of something:
    Nina remained on the fringe of the crowd.
⇨ the lunatic fringe at lunatic(3)

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fringe² adjective [only before noun]
fringe group/event/issue etc a group, event etc that is less important or popular than the main group etc, or whose opinions are not accepted by most other people involved in the same activity
   OPP  mainstream:
    He used a party conference fringe meeting to defend terrorism.
    The environment is no longer a fringe issue.
    a fringe religious sect

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fringe³ verb [transitive]
to be around the edge of something:
    A line of trees fringed the pool.