A secret chamber or repository. Also figurative.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > passage or chamber (5) secretaryc1440 A secret chamber or repository. Also figurative. priest's hole1660 a secret chamber or similar hiding place for a Roman Catholic priest, esp. in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. thalamus1850 Archaeology. An inner or secret chamber. serdab1877 In Egypt, a secret passage or chamber in an ancient tomb. coulisse1903 A corridor; also figurative, as a place ‘behind the scenes’ (cf. corridor, n. 4). |
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