antren.

Brit.

/ˈantə/, U.S.

/ˈæntər/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– antre, 1600s antar, 1600s antree.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French antre.

Etymology: < Middle French antre cavity (a1500), cave, cavern (1540) < classical Latin antrum (see antrum n.). Compare Old Occitan antre (c1350).

Now rare.

A cave, a cavern; (also) a lair, a den. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave

covec950

denOE

cavec1220

rochea1300

spelunk13..

cavernc1374

cabin1377

speke1377

antruma1398

minea1398

thurse-house?c1450

crypt?a1475

vault1535

chamber1575

antre1585

underground1594

Peak1600

lustre?1615

open?1644

cunicle1657

subterranean1714

subterrane1759

loch1767

purgatory1797

vug1818

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxix. f. 152^v In Tenare is the temple of Neptune, & a caue or Antre [Fr. antre], like vnto the same of Pont called Acherusienne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 139 Antrees [1623 Antars] vast, and Deserts idle.

1776 Descr. Killarney i. 4 Here fell the hero; these sad hollow antres, That grove, did hear his moan.

1797 F. G. Waldron Virgin Queen v. ii. 104 With Faith who look Thereon, may antres vast explore; Or, fearless, hear hoarse Neptune roar.

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 64 Out-shooting..like a meteor-star, Through a vast antre.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xiv. 181 I set him at the narrow mouth of the great snow antre.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. v. 109 She..shunned his house as the antre of an ogre.

1918 E. Phillpotts Spinners x. 62 Her journey was ended and the wonderful country of man's love explored—its oases visited, its antres endured.

1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid iii. 65 You will find an ecstatic, a seeress, who in her antre communicates Destiny.

1987 P. Conrad Song of Love & Death 161 Berlioz called this an architectural work, because of the echoing antres its sonorities require.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antre
释义	antren. Brit. /ˈantə/, U.S. /ˈæntər/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– antre, 1600s antar, 1600s antree. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French antre. Etymology: < Middle French antre cavity (a1500), cave, cavern (1540) < classical Latin antrum (see antrum n.). Compare Old Occitan antre (c1350). Now rare. A cave, a cavern; (also) a lair, a den. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave covec950 denOE cavec1220 rochea1300 spelunk13.. cavernc1374 cabin1377 speke1377 antruma1398 minea1398 thurse-house?c1450 crypt?a1475 vault1535 chamber1575 antre1585 underground1594 Peak1600 lustre?1615 open?1644 cunicle1657 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 loch1767 purgatory1797 vug1818 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxix. f. 152^v In Tenare is the temple of Neptune, & a caue or Antre [Fr. antre], like vnto the same of Pont called Acherusienne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 139 Antrees [1623 Antars] vast, and Deserts idle. View more context for this quotation 1776 Descr. Killarney i. 4 Here fell the hero; these sad hollow antres, That grove, did hear his moan. 1797 F. G. Waldron Virgin Queen v. ii. 104 With Faith who look Thereon, may antres vast explore; Or, fearless, hear hoarse Neptune roar. 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 64 Out-shooting..like a meteor-star, Through a vast antre. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xiv. 181 I set him at the narrow mouth of the great snow antre. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. v. 109 She..shunned his house as the antre of an ogre. 1918 E. Phillpotts Spinners x. 62 Her journey was ended and the wonderful country of man's love explored—its oases visited, its antres endured. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid iii. 65 You will find an ecstatic, a seeress, who in her antre communicates Destiny. 1987 P. Conrad Song of Love & Death 161 Berlioz called this an architectural work, because of the echoing antres its sonorities require. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585
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