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

• 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。
• 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。
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't think he leapt from a lair.
  我不认为他从藏身的地方跳出来。
• 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。
• After the fight, the beholder takes the statue to its lair as a decoration.
  战斗结束后，眼魔将雕像带回巢穴当装饰品。
• The police tracked the thieves to their lair.
  警察跟踪小偷找到他们的巢穴。
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？