| 单词 | den |
| 释义 | den (den ) Word forms: dens 1. countable noun A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes. 2. countable noun Your den is a quiet room in your house where you can go to study, work, or carry on a hobby without being disturbed. [US] 3. countable noun A den is a secret place where people meet, usually for a dishonest purpose. I could provide you with the addresses of at least three illegal drinking dens. ...a Victorian thieves' den. 4. countable noun 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. ...the one-bedroomed flat that was to become his den of savage debauchery. [+ of] ...a den of greed. Idioms: walk into the lion's den to deliberately place yourself in a dangerous or difficult situation The Minister walked into the lion's den of his press accusers, looked them in the eye, and fought back. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: den of iniquity It was less a den of iniquity than a retirement home for entertainment industry executives. The Sun What a den of iniquity it once was around here. Times, Sunday Times Once you've made it into this exclusive den of iniquity, what can you expect? Times, Sunday Times A police chief once called the building a den of iniquity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apparently, he's had a divine message from above telling him he must not frequent such dens of iniquity. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 兽窝 Japanese: 住みか野生動物の |
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