Front | lair |
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Pron | [ler] |
Back | 【lair】 n.野兽的巢穴 The hunters traced the footmarks of a tiger and at last they found him in his lair. 猎人们循着老虎的足迹前进,最后他们在它的巢穴中找到了它。 |
Vocab | lairthe habitation of wild animals
A lair is a wild animal's den. If you ever find yourself in a forest and face to face with a bear trying to lure you into his lair, beware! He may be plotting to eat you. The noun lair has its roots in the Old English leger, meaning “bed, couch, place of lying down.” It eventually became an “animal’s den” in the early 15th century. A person can have a lair, too, like the photo-covered basement of a serial killer, or a less scary person might have a cozy lair lined with plush carpet. Always poke a stick into a lair before going in, because you never know what sort of beast is lurking inside. All forms of 'lair' will appear on average once every 2024 pages. lair |
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