英语词汇“purlieu”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The area directly around or outside of a place is called its purlieu. In a sense, a city's suburbs can also be thought of as its purlieus. This word usually shows up in its plural form, as in "the purlieus of the palace."

You can use the noun purlieu for any outlying or nearby areas, or even to mean "usual haunts," like the used record shops and cafes where you and your friends normally hang out. Originally, a purlieu was a term used in Britain's now-obsolete forest law for land adjacent to a forest. It probably comes from the Anglo-French puralee, "a going round to settle the boundaries."

WORD FAMILY

purlieu: purlieus

USAGE EXAMPLES

The pigs were driven into the purlieus of the forest, where boys beat the trees to supply them with acorns.

T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958)

But, Terry added, the maze and its leafy purlieus were also vital as an escape from the overwhelming busy-ness of court life.

BBC(Oct 09, 2015)

In the cottages of Stratford, or in the purlieus of Blackfriars?

Rameur, E., The Catholic World; Volume I, Issue...(2012)

n an outer adjacent area of any place

Syn|Hyper

environs

geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

a demarcated area of the Earth

单词	purlieu
释义	purlieu (once / 12299 pages) n The area directly around or outside of a place is called its purlieu. In a sense, a city's suburbs can also be thought of as its purlieus. This word usually shows up in its plural form, as in "the purlieus of the palace." You can use the noun purlieu for any outlying or nearby areas, or even to mean "usual haunts," like the used record shops and cafes where you and your friends normally hang out. Originally, a purlieu was a term used in Britain's now-obsolete forest law for land adjacent to a forest. It probably comes from the Anglo-French puralee, "a going round to settle the boundaries." WORD FAMILY purlieu: purlieus USAGE EXAMPLES The pigs were driven into the purlieus of the forest, where boys beat the trees to supply them with acorns. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) But, Terry added, the maze and its leafy purlieus were also vital as an escape from the overwhelming busy-ness of court life. BBC(Oct 09, 2015) In the cottages of Stratford, or in the purlieus of Blackfriars? Rameur, E., The Catholic World; Volume I, Issue...(2012) n an outer adjacent area of any place Syn\|Hyper environs geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth
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