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purlieus

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

檩条,檩子,檩木,檩金

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

  • It would be too dismal for Gwynne to roam through the purlieus with a policeman—and he cannot come down often.

  • But while he sneaked in the purlieus of the city several of his 'longshore friends passed him without a second look.

  • And then Mr. Furnival strolled off to look for the attorney among the various purlieus frequented by the learned strangers.

  • Is drink-money for your old age, when else you must starve or stab in the purlieus of Genoa, not worth one month's sobriety?

  • Theology, straying from the enclosures of religion, enters the purlieus of philosophy, and in some cases exacts stiff definitions.

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