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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
  不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• I retired to my lair, and wrote some letters.
  我回到自己休息的地方，写了几封信。
• 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。
• 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。
• I retired to my lair, and wrote letters.
  我同到我的住处写信。