A fireguard prevents children getting near the fire.是什么意思？

A fireguard prevents children getting near the fire.

炉挡防止孩子们靠近炉火.

fireguard

n. 围火炉的铁丝网，火炉栏；

例句
She stumbled against the fireguard and her nightdress caught fire.
她在炉栏边被摔了一下,睡衣着火了.

prevents

v. 预防( prevent的第三人称单数 )，阻碍，阻止，[宗教]引领；

例句
The camera has a built-in failsafe device which prevents it from working if the right signals aren't received.
照相机有内置自动防故障装置，该装置确保相机在未接到正确信号时不会启动。

children

n. 孩子们(child的复数)，儿童，膝下，孥；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

getting

n. 获得（物），利益；v. 得到( get的现在分词 )，抓住，说服，受到（惩罚等）；

例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

near

adv. （空间）在近处，在附近，（时间）临近，（程度）几乎；prep. （表示程度）接近，（表示位置）靠近，（表示时间）将近，接近于（某种状态）；adj. 近的，亲密的，近似，（亲属关系）近亲；

例句
Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation...
医生的结论是只有做手术，他才有可能过上基本正常的生活。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

fire

n. 火，燃烧物，火灾，射击，发射，热情；vt.& vi. 开火，射击，燃烧，引爆炸药，充满热情；vt. <口>解雇，射（箭），激励，射出（子弹）；

例句
...weapons that could fire with accuracy at targets 3,000 yards away...
能准确无误地击中3,000码以外目标的武器