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单词 hidey-hole
释义

hidey-hole

noun

hid·​ey-hole ˈhī-dē-ˌhōl How to pronounce hidey-hole (audio)
variants or less commonly hidy-hole
informal
: an area or space used as a hiding place
Payday in Iraq means taking home a wodge of notes from your boss and shoving it under your bed or into some hidey-hole before finding time to visit your local bank to make a deposit. The Economist

Synonyms

  • concealment
  • covert
  • den
  • hermitage
  • hideaway
  • hideout
  • lair
  • nest
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Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier hiding-hole

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

hidey-hole

noun

variants or hidy-hole
as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others commandos captured the deposed dictator in a carefully camouflaged cellar that he had been using as a hidey-hole

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hideout
  • nest
  • hideaway
  • lair
  • den
  • concealment
  • shelter
  • covert
  • refuge
  • hermitage
  • nook
  • retreat
  • blind
  • haunt
  • harbor
  • recess
  • haven
  • redoubt
  • hangout
  • cover
  • harborage
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