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purlieus [ˈpɜ:rlu:z]

n. 边缘部分，外围部分，郊区;

例句:

  • Some godforsaken street in the...endlessly sprawling purlieus of Memphis.
    来自New Yorker
  • It is glowing like a spaceship in purlieus of Drayton Park.
    它像一艘太空船一样在德雷顿公园的边缘闪闪发光；