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

• 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。
• 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。
• A model of durable tolerance of sport turf was established in this study according to on-the-spot sampling, together with and different treatments of trampling.
  本文通过对足球场和高尔夫球场的现场测定取样和运动场草坪草践踏的不同研究方法，制定了一个简单、量化的耐用强度模型。
• Therefore, the research on introduction and domestication of turfgrass should be the focus in turf science currently.
  因此，草坪草的引种与驯化是当前草坪科学的研究重点。
• Master, you're on my turf.
  师父，都到了我的地盘了。
• A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower
  一群山羊在啃塔基四周的草皮。
• 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。
• He squelched across the turf
  他扑哧扑哧地走过草皮。
• 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。
• The growth rate and moving biomass of Kentucky bluegrass turf were affected by the quantity of nitrogen fertilizer.
  氮肥用量是提高草地早熟禾草坪生长速率和修剪量的主要因素。