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burley

/bur-lee/US // ˈbɜr li //UK // (ˈbɜːlɪ) //

伯力,巴利,勃利,勃艮第

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bur·leys.

    • : an American tobacco with thin leaves and light color, grown especially in Kentucky and nearby regions, used mostly in cigarettes.

Examples

  • She planned to use her work lunch break to see her doctor in Burley, about nine-and-a-half miles away.

  • "There's Burley," said Blackie, clad in a long oilskin and a sou'wester as he checked off the home-coming adventurers.

  • He died in the course of a few days, at the age of seventy-seven, and was buried in Burley churchyard, near Otley.

  • "Not so," answered Sir Simon Burley, who had watched the approaching host with a darkening face.

  • Burley lay senseless, stunned by a blow from a mace, and half of the men-at-arms lay littered upon the ground around him.

  • Some minutes before this Mr. Burley rushed from the mansion on Telegraph Hill without meeting or taking formal leave of anybody.