turfed
past simple and past participle ofturf
| 单词 | turfed |
| 释义 | turfed past simple and past participle ofturf turf verb[T] uk/tɜːf/us/tɝːf/tocoverapieceoflandwith turf Gardening - general words
Phrasal verbsturfsomethingout turfsomeoneout Examplesofturfedturfed 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 wereturfedwith spaces set aside for dancing. From theCambridge English Corpus It has now been kerbed,turfedand planted with shrubs, and is kept as an ornamental area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All those people are to beturfedout. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Contractors have beenturfedout, and often penalised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a backward administration and that was why it was soundly defeated andturfedout at the municipal election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a scheme would save people from beingturfedout of their houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They could not keep up the mortgage payments, so along came their fellow countrymen andturfedthem out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a figure way over that whichturfedus out of the exchange rate mechanism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is empty of promises, incompetent—as the poll tax farrago has shown—and it will beturfedout justifiably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Their managers do not get "turfedout" in the manner in which tenants of public houses do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, if they try to board a bus at 6.25 pm, they will beturfedoff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a reason why they wereturfedout of office in 1997. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the west midlands, 10 district chairmen were recentlyturfedout 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If one tries to obtain protection before the law, one finds that one isturfedout during the summer period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The moment it was seen that they were not "turfedoff" at once, the number started increasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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