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单词	purlieus
释义	purlieuspur‧lieus /ˈpɜːljuːz $ ˈpɜːrluːz/ noun [plural] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpurlieus Origin: 1400-1500 Anglo-French puralé ‘checking of a land border by walking around it’, from Old French puraler ‘to go through’; influenced by lieu ( ➔ LIEU) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS The rangers of Waltham Forest exercised their office in the purlieus as well as within the forest itself. They swept along the crimson canal into the purlieus of the new city. literary the area in and around a place
随便看	inundation inure invade invader invalid invalidate invalidity invaluable invariable invariably invasion invasive invective inveigh inveigle invent invention inventive inventively inventiveness inventor inventory Inverness inverse inversely

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