用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
A line of trees fringed the pool.水池周围种植着一排树木。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The river is fringed by trees.河的两边有树。

fringe还可用作形容词,作“额外的,附加的”解,此时常与benefit搭配使用,意思是“额外津贴,附加福利”。例如:
One of the fringe benefits of this job is free health insurance.这项工作的一种附加福利是免费健康保险。

［同义词］ v. border, brink, edge, verge
［反义词］ v. center, interior, middle
［词源］＜古法语frenge(边缘)

fringe作“边缘,外围”解时,其复数形式更常用。

The girl wears her hair in a fringe.那女孩留着刘海。
The jacket had leather fringes.这件夹克有皮流苏。
It was easier to move about on the fringe of the crowd.在人群的外围比较容易行动。
The woodcutter had a little house on the fringes of the forest.那位伐木工人在森林的外缘有一间小屋。