purlieu

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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purlieunoun/ˈpɜːljuː/

  • 1

    historicalThe ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.

  • 2

    The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood; milieu.

    • Whether Lady Anne knew or suspected who it was that drew his steps from the purlieus of fashion he knew not, nor held himself bound to explain.
    • Bred up, like a bailiff or a shabby attorney, about the purlieus of the Inns of Court, Shepherd’s Inn is always to be found in the close neighbourhood of Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, and the Temple.

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