词汇 | turfed |
释义 | turfed past simple and past participle ofturf turf verb[ T ] uk /tɜːf/ us /tɝːf/ to cover a piece of land with turf用草皮覆盖 Gardening - general words allotmenteer allotmenteering aquaponics arborist bed hedging homegrown horticultural horticulturally horticulture prune regraft regreen repot resod weedy window box xeriscape xeriscaping yardwork Phrasal verbsturf something out turf someone out Examples of turfedturfed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Seats were placed at intervals and the rest of the grounds were turfed with spaces set aside for dancing. It has now been kerbed, turfed and planted with shrubs, and is kept as an ornamental area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those people are to be turfed out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Contractors have been turfed out, and often penalised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a backward administration and that was why it was soundly defeated and turfed out at the municipal election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a scheme would save people from being turfed out of their houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could not keep up the mortgage payments, so along came their fellow countrymen and turfed them out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a figure way over that which turfed us out of the exchange rate mechanism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is empty of promises, incompetent—as the poll tax farrago has shown—and it will be turfed out justifiably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their managers do not get "turfed out" in the manner in which tenants of public houses do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, if they try to board a bus at 6.25 pm, they will be turfed off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a reason why they were turfed out of office in 1997. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the west midlands, 10 district chairmen were recently turfed out after only one term of office and 10 new chaps were brought in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one tries to obtain protection before the law, one finds that one is turfed out during the summer period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The moment it was seen that they were not "turfed off" at once, the number started increasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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