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purlieu

/pur-loo, purl-yoo/US // ˈpɜr lu, ˈpɜrl yu //UK // (ˈpɜːljuː) //

肃清,肃穆,肃静,肃杀

Related Words

periphery周边,外围,边缘,边缘地区boundary边界,界线,界限,边境edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势outskirts郊区,郊外,近郊,乡郊fringe边缘地带,边缘人,边缘化,边缘environs周边地区,周围环境,环境,周边环境neighborhood邻居,邻里,街坊,街坊邻居district地区,区,区域,小区area地区,区域,面积,区locale地点,地区,地方,定位vicinity附近地区,周边地区,邻近地区,附近的人hangout挂出,挂机,挂牌,悬空haunt困扰,闹事,困扰人们的问题,困扰人们的是

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
    • : a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.
    • : a person's haunt or resort.
    • : an outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
    • : a piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounborder
Synonyms
boundary边界,界线,界限,边境edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势fringe边缘地带,边缘人,边缘化,边缘outskirts郊区,郊外,近郊,乡郊periphery周边,外围,边缘,边缘地区
nounenvironment
Synonyms
area地区,区域,面积,区district地区,区,区域,小区environs周边地区,周围环境,环境,周边环境locale地点,地区,地方,定位neighborhood邻居,邻里,街坊,街坊邻居vicinity附近地区,周边地区,邻近地区,附近的人
nounenviron
Synonyms
area地区,区域,面积,区fringe边缘地带,边缘人,边缘化,边缘hangout挂出,挂机,挂牌,悬空haunt困扰,闹事,困扰人们的问题,困扰人们的是neighborhood邻居,邻里,街坊,街坊邻居outskirts郊区,郊外,近郊,乡郊periphery周边,外围,边缘,边缘地区

Examples

  • The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu.

  • Eye of mocker has not seen, nor foot of unbeliever trod this purlieu, the last to receive his blessing.

  • It is, in fact, a purlieu where the public-houses are overcrowded and the baths not places of great resort.

  • They evidently deemed that a legal purlieu was a better place for 'pickings.'

  • This favourite purlieu of London has larger books than mine devoted to its history.

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