英语单词 | den |
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英美音标 | 英 [den] 美 [den] |
中文释义 | n.兽穴;集聚地 v.穴居 |
英语例句 | (1) They lured the bear out of its den. (2) The lion lay asleep in its den. (3) There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. (4) He has made his house a den of thieves. (5) The police tracked the thieves to their den. (6) The bears den up together during the winter. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们把熊从穴中诱出。 (2) 狮子躺在洞里睡觉。 (3) 恶棍没有藏身之地。 (4) 他把自己的家变成了一个贼窝。 (5) 警察跟踪小偷,直到他们的老窝。 (6) 冬天熊一起在洞穴里冬眠。 |
vocabulary简明 | Where’s the one place that bears go to hibernate and you go to watch the big game? It’s the den, a secluded room or shelter. |
vocabulary扩展 | Den is an Old English word meaning “shelter for a wild animal.” While we still use it in this sense, the word has taken on some additional meanings. For example, den can refer to a room that's used primarily for relaxing, watching television, and socializing with friends. (If your friends tend to act wild at times, then perhaps this definition isn’t so far off from the original one.) Den can also mean "a hideout for criminals." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](狮子、狐狸等野生动物的)兽穴,兽窝 A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](家里用来学习、工作或从事业余爱好的)书房,私室 Your den is a quiet room in your house where you can go to study, work, or carry on a hobby without being disturbed. [AM 美] 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](通常指为了从事非法活动的)秘密聚集处,窝点,巢穴 A den is a secret place where people meet, usually for a dishonest purpose. [usu supp N]
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词](某一不良行为或非法活动的猖獗)场所,渊薮 If you describe a place as a den of a particular type of bad or illegal behaviour, you mean that a lot of that type of behaviour goes on there. [N
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