purlieus
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?p?:lju:z]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?p?rluz]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['p?:lju:z]
基本解釋
- n.邊緣部分，外圍部分，郊區(qū)
英漢例句
- Exploring the overgrown purlieus of the temple.
探察雜草叢生的寺院周圍地區(qū)。 - But she had no proof of this, and her instinct in the circumstances was to avoid its purlieus.
但是她沒有這方面的證明，因此在這種情形下，她的本能就是避免接觸這個社會。 - And as he rode through the purlieus of his city, the white mane of his amber-coloured steed was all that he could clearly see in the dusk of the high streets.
他騎馬穿行在郊外大街上，暮色中只能瞧見他那匹琥珀色駿馬的白色鬃毛。
雙語例句
英英字典
- land on the edge of a forest that was once included within the bounds of the royal forest but was later separated although still subject to some of the forest laws, esp regarding hunting