fence

柵、フェンス

人や動物の出入りを防ぐために、土地の周りに設ける木や針金などの囲い。

やさしい英語で： A barrier around land, often made of wood or wire, that keeps people or animals in or out.

• The dog jumped over the fence.
• We built a fence around our garden.
• Who painted these fences blue?

類義語： barrier

よく使う表現： wooden fence, garden fence, fence around something

故買屋、盗品買い

盗まれた物を買い取り、ほかの人に売る人。

やさしい英語で： A person who buys stolen things and sells them to other people.

• The thief knew a fence.
• They sold the stolen watches to a fence.
• Police arrested two fences who were buying stolen phones.

類義語： stolen goods dealer

よく使う表現： sell to a fence, a local fence

柵で囲む

土地の周りに木や針金の柵を設ける。

やさしい英語で： To put a wooden or wire barrier around an area of land.

• They fenced the field.
• We need to fence this land before buying sheep.
• The dangerous area has been fenced off.

使い方： fence something off (They fenced off the building site.); fence something in (We fenced the garden in to keep the dog safe.)

類義語： enclose

よく使う表現： fence a field, fence something off, fence something in, fence an area

フェンシングをする

防具を着け、軽い剣を使ってスポーツとして戦う。

やさしい英語で： To fight with light swords as a sport, wearing protective clothing.

• My brother likes to fence.
• She fenced for her school last year.
• Have you ever fenced against him?

使い方： fence against someone (She fenced against the national champion.)

よく使う表現： fence against someone, learn to fence

盗品を売りさばく

盗まれた物を、盗品を扱う業者に売る。

やさしい英語で： To sell stolen things to someone who trades in them.

• He fenced the stolen watch.
• They tried to fence the jewellery that night.
• She was arrested for fencing stolen laptops.

よく使う表現： fence stolen goods, fence stolen jewellery