| 单词 | lair |
| 释义 | lair (leəʳ ) Word forms: lairs 1. countable noun [usually with poss] A lair is a place where a wild animal lives, usually a place which is underground or well-hidden. ...a fox's lair. Synonyms: nest, den, hole, burrow 2. countable noun [usually with poss] Someone's lair is the particular room or hiding place that they go to, especially when they want to get away from other people. [informal] Green recounts how he once went to see Bremner in his lair. The village was once a pirates' lair. Synonyms: hide-out [informal], retreat, refuge, den Collocations: secret lair Best go full electric, and hope that the next mega-villain's secret lair has a charging point. Times, Sunday Times The heroes searched for and moved into their secret lair. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For his first appearance, he takes the castaways to his secret lair on another island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her desert island would probably have an underground lair. Times, Sunday Times From their underground lair the balaclava-wearing baddies demand €4 million for the hostages' release and the eight episodes unfold over eight increasingly fraught days of negotiation. Times, Sunday Times Dragons are generally depicted as living in rivers or having an underground lair or cave. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A hypnotist with a secret underground lair, his minimalist costume as a master of disguise was a three-piece suit and mask. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once on the ground, the female loses her wings and searches for a suitable underground lair in which to found her colony. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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