Lair
[leə] or [lɛr]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.
(n.) A burying place.
(n.) A pasture; sometimes, food.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Couch (of a beast), resting place.
編輯:纳内特
解釋/意思:
n. a lying-place esp. the den or retreat of a wild beast: (Scot.) the ground for one grave in a burying-place.
v.i. (Scot.) to sink in mud.—n. mire a bog a quagmire.
手打:莎伦
例句/造句/用法:
- He rends defenseless women and little children in his lair, but how recently has one of you seen him fight with men? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- His ways are not their ways, and so Tarzan is going back to the lair of his own kind by the waters of the great lake which has no farther shore. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey-laden monster into its lair. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He never drove the dread out of its lair within him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Now every nest held happy mates, and hart and hind slumbered blissfully safe in their lair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The fire leaped out like a wild beast from its lair. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I had stirred in its lair the serpent-hatred of years, but only for a moment. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The boy knew too well for his peace of mind upon whose lair he had lighted. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In the meantime the beasts within the cabin were warily examining the contents of this strange lair. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- At last there is a lair found out where Toughy, or the Tough Subject, lays him down at night; and it is thought that the Tough Subject may be Jo. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Base unbeliever, answered one of his guards, when thou hast seen thy lair, thou wilt not wish thy daughter to partake it. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The dog and his bone, the tigress and her lair, the roaring stag and his herd, these are proprietorship blazing. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The statesman has still to oust the politician from his lairs and weapon heaps. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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