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 some letters.
  我回到自己休息的地方，写了几封信。
• And he has a secret lair, and it's really dark and scary!
  而且他有一个秘密基地，那里很黑很吓人！
• 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。
• The village was once a pirates 'lair.
  这个村子曾一度是海盗藏匿之处。
• He went to the bandits 'lair all by himself!
  他独自一人闯了土匪窝。
• If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
  如因一个客己在你的天盘惹恼了你，不要善良，要仁慈天看待他。
• 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。
• They must have taken all the equipment to dracula's lair.
  他们肯定把所有的装备带到德古拉的老巢去了。
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？