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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• "We are done for," the bandits cried. He went to the bandits 'lair all by himself!
  土匪们叫道：我们完了他独自一人闯了土匪窝。
• The police tracked the thieves to their lair.
  警察跟踪小偷找到他们的巢穴。
• 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。
• When in another's lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
  在别人的天盘中，要显示对他的尊重，否则别来那里。
• 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！