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Den German N English N.兽穴,窝 英 兽穴,窝(Animal's Hidden

单词 den
音标 [den]
解释 n.兽穴,窝
红宝书 【英】 n. 兽穴,窝(animal's hidden home);秘密相聚的地方(secr et meeting-place)
【例】 a den of thieves
字源 den (n.)
Old English denn "wild animal's lair," from Proto-Germanic *danjan (cognates: Middle Low German denne "lowland, wooded vale, den," Old English denu "valley," Old Frisian dene "down," Old High German tenni, German tenne "threshing floor," from PIE *dan- "low ground"). Sense of "small room" is 1771, originally colloquial.
不择手段背单词 n. 兽穴; 贼窝(秘密相聚的地方); 私人的舒适的小书房
趣味全助记 【记】发音接近于“洞”;dent 凹,也象一个洞

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