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turf

美音:[tə:f ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.草根土,草皮,泥炭,跑马场,赛马 vt.覆草皮于

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形容词:turfy 名词复数:turfs 动词过去式:turfed 过去分词:turfed 现在分词:turfing 第三人称单数:turfs

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turf


/tɜ:f; tɝf/
n (pl turfs or turves / t\:vz; t[vz/)
1 (a) [U] short grass and the surface layer of soil bound together by its roots 草皮
*clipped, springy, rolled, etc turf 修剪过的、松软的、辗轧过的...草皮
* lay turf, eg to make a lawn 铺草皮(如造草坪).
(b) [C] piece of this, usu square or rectangular, cut from the ground 草皮块(通常为正方形或长方形).
2 [C, U] (in Ireland) (slab of) peat for fuel (爱尔兰的)(用作燃料的)泥炭(块), 泥煤(块).
3 the turf [sing] the racecourse; horse-racing 跑马场; 赛马.
4 [U] (infml 口 esp US) one's own neighbourhood or territory (自己的)地盘, 领域
*on my own turf 在我自己的地盘内.

v
1 [Tn] lay (ground) with turf 用草皮铺(地)
*a newly-turfed lawn 新铺上草皮的草坪.
2 (phr v) turf sb/sth out (of sth) (Brit infml 口) forcibly remove sb/sth; dispose of sth 赶走某人[某物]; 去掉、扔掉或处理掉某物
*Turf the cat out if you want to sit in the chair. 你要想坐那把椅子, 就把猫赶走.
* You'd have more room in your wardrobe if you turfed out all your old clothes. 你把所有的旧衣服都处理掉, 衣柜里地方就大了.
1. He is on the turf.
    他是赛马场上的赌客。

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