purlieu
/ˈpɜːljuː/noun
(pl. purlieus 或purlieux)(一般作purlieus)
1- the area near or surrounding a place邻近地区, 边缘地区, 外围地区：
the photogenic purlieus of Cambridge.
剑桥近郊上镜的地方。
1.1
- Brit. historical a tract on the border of a forest, especially one earlier included in it and still partly subject to forest laws〈英史〉（尤指原属森林范围现仍部分受森林法制约的）森林边缘空地。
1.2
- figurative a person's usual haunts〈喻〉（人）常去的地方; 活动范围。
词源
late 15th cent. (denoting a tract on the border of a forest)： probably an alteration （suggested by French lieu 'place'） of Anglo-Norman French puralee 'a going round to settle the boundaries'.