| 词汇 | lair |
| 释义 | lair noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /leər/ us /ler/ a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides: 兽穴，兽窝;（人的）藏身处，躲藏处 a fox's lair狐狸的巢穴 the thieves' lair贼窝 Synonym den Animal dwellings - natural anthill arboreal biome burrow byre cobweb earth eyrie foxhole guest habitat hole holt lodge molehill rookery sett spider's web warren wildlife corridor You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Safe & enclosed spaces lair | American Dictionarylair noun[ C ] us/leər/ a place where certain kinds of wild animals live, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides: a fox’s lair a thieves’ lair Examples of lairlair The intent of this incorporation was to limit, if not destroy, the chinganas, which the nineteenth-century elite interpreted as putrid lairs of deviance and immorality. It is quite probable that on fuller investigation different species of bugs will be found frequenting the lairs of many other animals. Further than that, eminent authors emerged from their lairs and in a most attractive way told us that mixed fanning was muddled thinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tiger returned to its lair, where it snarled from time to time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many of the slaughterhouses and lair-ages which belong to them at present these conditions just do not prevail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is quite clear that one uses that type only for foxes, with special bait, or it is set in a fox's lair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we seem to be tracking their policy to its lair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We therefore stand firmly by the proposition that there must be lair elections during the transitional period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The floors of the lairs are concreted in order that they may be thoroughly washed and cleansed after use, but litter can be obtained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But today, with the whiff of industrial action, they come out of their lairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rabbits go into, this high ground, and go right through, to make their lairs below the surface. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But he referred to the clean slate on which there should be lair writing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dogs followed the scent and found the fox's lair about 200 yards away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also abattoirs situated some distance away and entirely separate from the lair-ages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The animals detained for four days are detained as far as possible in lairs that have been properly washed out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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