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单词 rabbit warren
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rabbit warren in British English

(ˈræbɪt ˈwɒrən)
noun
another name for warren (sense 1)
 

warren in British English

(ˈwɒrən)
noun
1. 
a series of interconnected underground tunnels in which rabbits live
2. 
a colony of rabbits
3. 
an overcrowded area or dwelling
4. 
a. mainly British
an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part ofa river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)
b.  English legal history
a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French warenne, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German werien to preserve

Examples of 'rabbit warren' in a sentence
rabbit warren

Eventually I leave the café and enter the rabbit warren of the Parisian Métro beneath the Gare du Nord.
Alex George LOVE YOU MADLY (2002)
The one little clinic we started was now this rabbit warren of a hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The entrance to a sett is quite large and easily differentiated from a rabbit warren by the muddiness, lack of vegetation and musty smell.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The living rooms are a real rabbit warren, so service can be erratic if nobody sees you sink into a sofa.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's a vast subterranean network of tunnels and passages linking 13 sunken churches carved out of the stone, like a sort of holy rabbit warren.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The town is a rabbit warren of winding alleys where urchins play seemingly constant games of street football.
The Sun (2012)
Number 10 is a rabbit warren of corridors and rooms, and boasts perhaps the most famous front door in the world.
The Sun (2008)
It was like a rabbit warren with tiny staircases, dingy corridors and little rooms everywhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's a vast subterranean network of tunnels and passages linking 13 sunken churchescarved out of the stone, a sort of holy rabbit warren.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In another first, the team excavate a massive abandoned rabbit warren in the wild by casting it in concrete.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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