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

• 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！
• It's a female returning to her lair.
  这是一只雌性正返回她的巢穴。
• Proceed, hero, into Terror's lair.
  前进，英雄，进入恐怖的巢穴。
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• 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。
• Halt! Before venturing into Diablo's lair, go to the Hellforge with Mephisto's Soulstone.
  停下！在冒险进入迪亚波罗的巢穴之前，先带着墨菲斯托的灵魂之石前往地狱熔炉。
• In a deep dark lair, in Backyard USA, creep the Evil Black Bugs.
  在一个深暗的谎言后院美国，爬邪恶的黑错误。
• I retired to my lair, and wrote some letters.
  我回到自己休息的地方，写了几封信。
• 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。
• The village was once a pirates 'lair.
  这个村子曾一度是海盗藏匿之处。