turf

turf音标

英 [tɜ:f]

美 [tɜ:rf]

turf基本释义

n.草皮；泥炭；赛马场；赛马

v.铺草皮

turf用法及例句

noun

1. range of jurisdiction or influence

e.g. a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system

2. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

3. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

Synonym: sodswardgreensward

turf

verb

1. cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

turves is sometimes used as the plural for meaning 2. turves 有时用作义项 2 的复数。

1. 草皮Turf is short, thick, even grass.

e.g. They shuffled slowly down the turf towards the cliff's edge.他们拖着脚步沿着草皮慢慢地走向悬崖边。

2. (铺草坪用的)草皮块A turf is a small rectangular piece of grass which you lay on the ground in order to make a lawn.

turf的翻译

e.g. Lift the turfs carefully — they can be reused elsewhere.抬草皮时小心点——它们还能在别处重新利用。

3. (熟悉的)地区，地盘Someone's turf is the area which is most familiar to them or where they feel most confident.

e.g. Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks...巴黎是他们的地盘：那里熟悉的大街、剧院、住宅和公园。e.g. On its home turf, the combined bank would be unrivalled.那家联合银行在它自己的地盘上就无可匹敌了。

相关词组：turf out

1. 地盘：社会生物学已然提出了地盘( turf)的概念;这个概念乃是人们所不意识的对thumos的指称,而我们现在则都用这一指称去标示对个人自己的界定. 但是,在人类中,一个人的地盘是其家庭、其*派、其国家、其原则. 社会生物学把人化约成了动物,

2.

2. 泥炭：turbulent motion 湍动 | turf 泥炭 | turgite 水赤铁矿

3. 草地：tureen 有盖汤盘 | turf 草地 | turf-bound 长满草皮的

1. on the turf : 以赛马为业；

Throwing stones, turf and other missiles.

出自：Sir W. Scott

A low wall of turf and stones.

出自：Daily News

I..stood on the springy turf of the cliff-top.

出自：P. Sayer

Sow a lawn rather than turf it.

出自：Amateur Gardening

近义词

临近词

field田地

sward草地

verdure翠绿

sod(一块)草皮

sphere of influence影响范围

orbit势力范围

lawn草坪

beat打

greensward草皮

patch小片

grass草

neck of the woods森林中的居住区,地带...

meadow草地

ambit（权势等的）范围...

kingdom王国

pasture牧场

territory领土

neighborhood邻近

grazing放牧

haunt常到的地方

neighbourhood邻近

Turk

Turfeld

Turfa

tureen

turfman

turfite

Turfitt

Turfan

turfy

turface

turfski

turfen

相关列句

Leather overshoes were put on the horses' hooves to stop them from marking the turf.(皮套子被套在了马蹄上，防止它们弄脏了跑马场。)

A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower.(一群山羊正在啃着塔基周围的草皮。)

These territorial phantoms stick to their turf and never, ever leave.(这些地域性的幽灵坚持呆在它们自己的地盘并从来不曾离开。)

The voice was still in his ears, but the turf whereon he had sprawled was clearly vacant.(那声音还在耳边，但他所趴过的草皮明显已空空如也。)

Mr Heathcliff advanced, and lifted him to lean against a ridge of turf.(希刺克厉夫走向前，把他提起来，靠在一个隆起的草堆上。)

The estate is at the centre of a bitter turf war between rival drug gangs.(该地产正处于两敌对**犯罪团伙激烈竞争的中心地带。)

And the loss of influence by the Zetas has led to scrappy turf wars.(由于泽塔组织影响的削弱，又引起了许多派系争夺地盘的战斗。)

Its only significant loss of turf is direct oversight of consumer protection.(相比之下，美联储损失的重要地盘，仅仅是失去了直接保护消费者的权力。)

But farther south Turkey is on virgin turf.(而土耳其的南部偏远地区却是一片蛮荒之地。)

Both sides say this is more than just a turf war between big and small banks.(双方都称这不仅仅是一场大小银行的地盘之争。)