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
A turf is a small rectangular piece of grass which you lay on the ground in order to make a lawn.
例句
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's turf is the area which is most familiar to them or where they feel most confident.
例句
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。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。
英汉词典释义
n.
草皮
laying turf to create a lawn铺设草皮作草坪primitive cottages made of sods of turf and sticks由草皮和木条搭建的原始村舍They still cut turf here for fuel.在这里他们仍然割草皮作燃料。He was busy laying turf.他正忙着铺草皮。
草皮块(通常为正方形或长方形)
We have ordered several turfs to make our lawn.我们订购了一些草皮块铺个草坪。
赛马场；赛马
the hallowed turf of Wembley神圣赛场文布利the team’s first success of the season on home turf这个队在主场赢得的本赛季第一场胜利History shows that New Zealand are almost unbeatable by British teams on their own turf.以往的记录表明新西兰队在主场赛马中几乎从来没有输给英国队。
<非正>地盘;势力范围
Street violence has escalated as a result of a turf war between rival neighbourhood gangs.两个地段流氓团伙之间因地盘之争引发街头暴力升级。Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged.两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
vt.
用草皮覆盖
It will be good if that part of the garden is turfed.要是那片园地铺上草皮,那是很好的。
把…赶出，驱逐出(地方、组织等)
We need to turf the Democratic party out.我们应该把民主党赶走。Several families have been turfed out of their homes.有几家人被逐出了家园。The boys should have been turfed off the bus.这些男孩原本应该被赶下公共汽车的。
丟弃，扔掉(不需要的东西)
The shop is full of beautiful clothes that people have turfed out.这家商店里面全是人们处理掉的漂亮衣服。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots
2. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
3. range of jurisdiction or influence;
"a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"
Verb
1. cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots