Purlieu

[pә:lju:]

解釋/意思:

(n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

(n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.

錄入:麦克唐纳

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Environ, precinct, suburb

ANT:Centre, heart

錄入:莫拉

解釋/意思:

n. the borders or environs of any place: (orig.) the grounds on the borders of a royal forest illegally added to the forest but afterwards restored to their rightful owners and marked out by perambulation.

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