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

• 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！
• I don't think he leapt from a lair.
  我不认为他从藏身的地方跳出来。
• Proceed, hero, into Terror's lair.
  前进，英雄，进入恐怖的巢穴。
• 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！
• The village was once a pirates 'lair.
  这个村子曾一度是海盗藏匿之处。
• The police tracked the thieves to their lair.
  警察跟踪小偷找到他们的巢穴。
• 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。
• 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。
• They tracked a wolf to its lair.
  他们追踪一只狼直到它的窝。