turf

英 [tɜːf]

美 [tɜːrf]

n.  草皮; (铺草坪用的)草皮块; 泥煤; 泥炭; 泥煤块; 泥炭块; 赛马
v.  用草皮覆盖

过去分词：turfed　复数：turfs　现在分词：turfing　过去式：turfed　第三人称单数：turfs　

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.7955 / COCA.6610

短语动词

短语用例

turf sb out (of sth)

turf sb off (sth)

• 赶出，驱逐出（地方、组织等）
  to make sb leave a place, an organization, etc.

牛津词典

noun

• 草皮；（铺草坪用的）草皮块
  short grass and the surface layer of soil that is held together by its roots; a piece of this that has been cut from the ground and is used especially for making lawns (= the area of grass in a garden/yard)
  1. newly laid turf
     新铺的草皮
  2. the hallowed turf of Wimbledon, etc. (= the grass used for playing a sport on)
     温布尔登等被视为神圣的运动场草皮
• 泥煤；泥炭；泥煤块；泥炭块
  peat that is cut to be used as fuel; a piece of this
• 赛马
  the sport of horse racing
• （自己的）地盘，势力范围
  the place where sb lives and/or works, especially when they think of it as their own
  1. He feels more confident on home turf .
     他在主场感到更有信心。

verb

• 用草皮覆盖
  to cover an area of ground with turf

柯林斯词典

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


• N-UNCOUNT 草皮
  Turfis short, thick, even grass.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT (铺草坪用的)草皮块
  Aturfis a small rectangular piece of grass which you lay on the ground in order to make a lawn.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT (熟悉的)地区，地盘
  Someone'sturfis the area which is most familiar to them or where they feel most confident.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• range of jurisdiction or influence
  1. a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system
• the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
• surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
  Synonym:sodswardgreensward

verb

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

双语例句

• Viewers could smell popcorn and hot dogs, and they could smell and feel the turf.
  观众可以闻到爆米花和热狗的味道，也可以嗅到与感受到草皮的存在。
• Sod, or turf, might not seem like a farm crop.
  草皮或草地，似乎并不像是一种农场作物。
• The seed does not complain because there are stones and turf in way.
  种子没有抱怨，因为在它的道路上有石头和草皮。正：种子并不因为有石头和草皮挡住它的路而抱怨。
• I never ever want to see you on my turf again.
  我不想在我的地盘上再看到你们。
• We made a fire of turf and wood in the middle and fried our sausages on the stones.
  我们用干草和木材在正中间生起火，在石头上烤香肠。
• 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大小银行争地盘这么简单的问题。
• Already there was among our nobility and gentry a passion for the amusements of the turf.
  赛马在我们的贵族和中上阶层中已是一种倍受睐的娱乐活动了。
• 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。
• Low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow.
  贴近地面生长的植物，种植在荫蔽处或草皮难以生长的陡峭的斜坡上。
• Turf and drought-resistant vegetation are mainly used for greening.
  绿化主要以草皮、抗旱植物为主。