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

• A wounded wolf lay recovering in his lair.
  受伤的狼躺在自己的巢穴里养伤。
• I don't think he leapt from a lair.
  我不认为他从藏身的地方跳出来。
• 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！
• But before he got a chance to use the Demon Soul again, Malfurion Stormrage snuck into Deathwing's lair through the Emerald Dream and stole the Demon Soul.
  但是在他能有机会再次使用恶魔之魂之前，玛法里奥·怒风从翡翠梦境潜入了死亡之翼的巢穴并偷走了恶魔之魂。
• We stalked the wounded tiger to its lair.
  我们跟踪受伤的老虎到它的兽穴。
• 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。
• 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。
• I retired to my lair, and wrote some letters.
  我回到自己休息的地方，写了几封信。
• 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？