| 单词 | rabbit warren |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrabbit warren rabbit warren n. (originally) a piece of land set aside for rabbit-breeding; (later) a network of interconnected rabbit burrows; (in extended use) a building or area characterized as a labyrinthine mass of passages or dwellings. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > gamekeeping > [noun] > place where rabbits/hares kept clapperc1400 warrena1425 hare-warren1647 rabbit warren1766 rabbitry1838 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > burrow or warren clapperc1400 cunnigar1424 warrena1425 coneygarth1429 coney-close?1472 coney hole?c1475 berry1486 coney holda1500 coney-clapper1530 coney yard1532 coneyry1570 coney burrow1575 coney gratec1580 coney-gat1591 coney green1599 coney warren1616 coney ground1617 rabbit hole1667 stop1669 rabbit burrow1723 stock1736 rabbit warren1766 stab1838 warrener1864 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. 32 Open downs, where there is a rabbit warren. 1804 M. Edgeworth Will i, in Pop. Tales I. 140 There's that fine rabbit-warren near Clover-hill. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 295 It is almost as thickly populated as a rabbit warren. 2004 P. Biskind Down & Dirty Pictures ii. 67 The office was..a rabbit warren of tiny spaces, with chilly fluorescent lights. < as lemmas |
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