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turves

/turvz/US // tɜrvz //UK // (tɜːvz) //

龟鳖,龟裂,涡轮,龟鳖类

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British.

    • : a plural of turf.

Examples

  • Moreover, fifty yards off stood a hut, built of clods and covered with thin turves, but now entirely disused.

  • Now this house was roofed with turves, and the windows were barred so that none could pass through them.

  • “Put on a few more turves, Dick, and a bit or two of wood,” said his mother.

  • In some parts of Cornwall they have good peat, called "pudding turves," which makes a hot and comparatively lasting fire.

  • I put some broken stones upon the covers, and turves upon them, and then the soil.