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森林边缘地,常去的地方,范围,界限

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purlieu \Pur"lieu\, n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place)
   fr. OF. pural['e]e, poral['e]e (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a
   survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L.
   pro, confused, however, with L. per through) + al['e]e. See
   {Pro-}, and {Alley}.] [Written also {pourlieu}.]
   1. 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.

            Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some
            purlieu two gentle fawns at play.     --Milton.

   2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent
      district; environs; neighborhood. ``The purlieus of St.
      James.''

            brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in
            the purlieus of the court.            --Macaulay.