purlieu

['pə:lju:]

n. 边缘地, 常去的地方, 范围, 界限

n.

1. 【英】【史】(王家森林的)外缘部分

2. (常复数)郊区; 常逗留之地

3. (常复数)范围

purlieu

词义辨析：

同义参见:

border

suburb

circuit

purlieu['pə:lju:]n.1.■常去的地方2.■界限；范围；环境3.■郊外，近郊4.■[常用复数]边缘地区，邻近地区，外围地区5.■(归原主所有的)森林边缘带6.■[罕用语](尤指贫穷、肮脏的)地区，郊区the dusty purlieus of the law律师常出入的场所；律师的业务

1. (一般作 purlieus)the area near or surrounding a place
   邻近地区，边缘地区，外围地区
   the photogenic purlieus of Cambridge.
   剑桥近郊上镜的地方。
   ■(Brit. historical)a tract on the border of a forest, especially one earlier included in it and still partly subject to forest laws
   (英，史)（尤指原属森林范围现仍部分受森林法制约的）森林边缘空地
   ■(figurative)a person's usual haunts
   (喻)（人）常去的地方；活动范围
   

1. late 15th cent. (denoting a tract on the border of a forest): probably an alteration (suggested by French lieu 'place') of Anglo-Norman French puralee 'a going round to settle the boundaries'
   

purlieu

名词 purlieu:

an outer adjacent area of any place

同义词：environs

purlieu

■purlieu men

[古]御猎场内的土地所有人