lair

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lair /leə $ ler/ noun [countable]  1. HBAHOMEthe place where a wild animal hides and sleeps 兽穴，兽窝 SYN den2  HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEa place where you go to hide or to be alone 藏身处；独处的地方 SYN den a smuggler’s lair 走私者的藏身处

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lair• the smugglers' lairOrigin lair Old English leger “act of lying, bed”

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lair
lair /leə $ ler/ noun [countable]1. the place where a wild animal hides and sleeps
   SYN  den
2. a place where you go to hide or to be alone
   SYN  den:
    a smuggler’s lair

lairBrE /leə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ler/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] a place where a wild animal sleeps or hides 兽穴；兽窝a place where sb goes to hide or to be alone （人的）藏身处，躲藏处，独居处 SYN den, hideout