fringe
- n. 边缘
- n. 流苏
- n. 刘海
- v. 加饰边
- Definition
- n. the outer edge of something
- n. a decorative border of hanging threads
- n. hair cut short and hanging across the forehead (British English)
- v. to add a decorative border of hanging threads to something
- Example
- A few artists worked on the fringe of the mainstream music scene.
- 有几位艺术家在主流音乐圈的边缘发展。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: the outer edge of an area or group (noun).
比较义项：边缘、外围（名词）。
- fringe 本词
Often used about the margins of a group, movement, or society, implying not mainstream or influential; common in phrases like 'political fringe' or 'fringe group'.
常用于表示群体、运动或社会的边缘部分，暗示不属于主流、影响力较小；常见搭配如“political fringe”（政治边缘群体）或“fringe group”（边缘团体）。
Extremist views like his belong to the political fringe, not the mainstream.
像他这样的极端观点属于政治边缘，而非主流。
- periphery
A more formal, often technical word for the outer boundary of a physical area or system, used in geography, urban planning, or academic writing; carries no suggestion of being unimportant.
更正式、偏技术性的词，指某个区域或系统的外围边界，常用于地理、城市规划或学术写作中；不带有“不重要”的含义。
The research park is located on the periphery of the university campus.
这座研究园区位于大学校园的外围。
Fringe and periphery both mean the outer edge of an area or group. Periphery is formal, for the outer part of a place or system. Fringe is casual, for the minor, non-mainstream part of a group. Not covered: fringe as bangs or a tasseled edge.
这两个词都表示某个区域或群体的边缘部分，但语气和用法不同：periphery 更正式、偏技术性，常用于地理或系统的外围区域；fringe 语气更随意，常指群体或社会中不属于主流的边缘部分，带有“次要、非主流”的意味。这里不比较 fringe 的其他意思，如“刘海”或“穗边”。