lair

英 [leə(r)]

美 [ler]

n.  兽穴; 兽窝; (人的)藏身处，躲藏处，独居处

复数：lairs　

GRE

BNC.19267 / COCA.17399

牛津词典

noun

• 兽穴；兽窝
  a place where a wild animal sleeps or hides
• （人的）藏身处，躲藏处，独居处
  a place where sb goes to hide or to be alone

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 兽穴；兽窝；巢穴
  Alairis a place where a wild animal lives, usually a place which is underground or well-hidden.
  1. ...a fox's lair.
     狐狸窝
• N-COUNT 藏匿之所；隐避之处；（尤指）独居处
  Someone'slairis the particular room or hiding place that they go to, especially when they want to get away from other people.
  1. Green recounts how he once went to see Bremner in his lair...
     格林讲述他有一次去布雷姆纳隐居之处看他的经历。
  2. The village was once a pirates' lair.
     这个村子曾一度是海盗藏匿之处。

英英释义

noun

• the habitation of wild animals
  Synonym:den

双语例句

• I retired to my lair, and wrote letters.
  我同到我的住处写信。
• He went to the bandits 'lair all by himself!
  他独自一人闯了土匪窝。
• If a giant had filtered this cesspool, he would have had the riches of centuries in his lair.
  一个巨人如果用筛子去滤这些污泥，便可在他的筛中得到几世纪的财富。
• He had there, it was said, a sort of field, a hole, a lair.
  据说他在那里有一块地、一个土洞，一个窝巢。
• A wounded wolf lay recovering in his lair.
  受伤的狼躺在自己的巢穴里养伤。
• Destroy the cavern Ignorance and you destroy the lair Crime.
  摧毁这个无知窟窖，那罪恶渊薮也就毁灭掉了。
• The hunters traced the footmarks of a tiger and at last they found him in his lair.
  猎人们循着老虎的足迹前进，最后他们在它的巢穴中找到了它。
• We should destroy the lair at one stroke and wipe out the bandits.
  我们要一举捣毁这处窟穴，把土匪一网打尽！
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• Green recounts how he once went to see Bremner in his lair
  格林讲述他有一次去布雷姆纳隐居之处看他的经历。