purlieu

1 As regards class 1 no subject without special authority of the crown may kill within a forest or its purlieus or on adjacent highways, rivers or enclosures.

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

3 In other cities the miserable dwellings and their inhabitants hide themselves out of sight in obscure purlieus, scarcely known to the rich by name, much less by observation.

4 But the purlieus of the neighbourhood continue, unhappily, to be the Alsatia of the town.

5 the restaurant, the preferred purlieu of the theatergoing crowd, is always packed an hour or two before showtime

6 Gaol-birds from the purlieus of Drury Lane robbed those who had valuables or money upon them, and committed brutal assaults upon the unprotected.

7 Crabb’s expression had suddenly undergone a startling change, unknown in the Platonic purlieus of the Bachelors’ Club.

8 He knew Leicester Square, its every place and purlieu; and among others one where he could pitch upon a “pal.”

9 The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu.

10 Perhaps I ought to explain, furthermore, that these excursions into the purlieus of the playhouse began long, long ago.

11 The unfailing caf� was near at hand; its chairs and tables were scattered about these rustic purlieus, and its servants waited for orders.

12 We roasted our boots at the range, and Bernard, with all a sailor's gift for exploration and theft, prowled in noisome purlieus and emerged with a jug of milk and a lump of salt butter.

13 we stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium

14 In the filthy purlieus of the palace, and close to the outer gate, stands a mound of ashes and rubbish, mingled with the noisome lees that stream over the road from the adjacent royal breweries.

15 "See that house?" said Dollar, pointing out one of the most modest in the purlieus of Park Lane.

16 According to another legend he had haunted the purlieus of Florence for months, searching for a head and face expressive enough in its malignity for his Judas.

17 The men for the most part were more outspoken in ribaldry than the women, especially those specimens of masculinity who frequented at that hour the purlieus of Piccadilly Circus.

18 “Have you been in a purlieu tonight? Confess. Say, ‘Guilty.’

19 Every object and scene, every house and building within the purlieus of the town seemed stained, soiled, and tarnished with the sooty vapour that was ceaselessly ascending from its ten thousand chimneys.

20 He wondered why so unsightly a shrub as this had grown to be was allowed a place in the purlieus of the immaculate lawn, then his eyes came indoors.

1 邻近地区

neighbourhood vicinity vicinal neighborhood

2 范围

area country room range field reach limit measure ground region round band shot domain extension circuit extent scope dimension territory kingdom spectrum gauge sweep horizon realm terrain arena sphere confine compass tether purview ambit bourn way line direction length spread zone coverage circle context province boundary margin liberty lap reign pale bound fetch hemisphere latitude verge demesne circumscription diapason

3 活动范围

turf fief fiefdom walk stage sphere orbit vineyard bailiwick

4 常去的地方

beat repair resort haunting hangout rendezvous howff a house of call

5 贫民窟

gutter slum favela rookery beggary back slum shanty town back blocks slummy shantytown bustee

6 外围地区

hinterland

7 近郊

suburb environs faubourg satellite suburbia burb environ

8 界限

line term limit edge spread parameter boundary pale confine compass fringe verge precinct ambit phylactery bourn measure mark extent limitation threshold butt termination hedge bound confinement terminus purview bourne

9 贫民区

museque row gutter ghetto slum poblacion

10 郊外

outfield outskirt