🇬🇧🇨🇳 lair - 巢穴 : English Lesson

Meaning of "lair" ("巢穴"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A lair is a place where an animal or person hides and rests, usually away from everyone else. Wild animals, like lions, bears, or foxes, often have lairs in caves, tunnels, or thick bushes so they can stay safe and sleep. People sometimes call a secret room or a super-hidden hideout their “lair,” especially if they want it to sound mysterious, like a superhero’s or a villain’s secret base.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The fox’s lair was so well hidden that even the fox sometimes walked right past it and had to pretend he meant to do that.

I tried to make a villain’s lair in the basement, but it just looked like a kid sitting next to a lamp and some old boxes.

Dad calls the garage his lair, probably because that’s where he hides from chores with a magazine and a bag of chips.

In the movie, the hero found the monster’s lair, but the real horror was the monster’s terrible taste in wallpaper.

The wizard’s lair was a cave full of glowing potions, spell books, and one microwave for late-night noodle magic.

At dusk, a girl found a fox lair under old stones. A small cry led her to the lair; she peered into the lair and saw tiny eyes. The lair smelled of fur. She left bread at the lair and waited. A fox nudged the gift, then pressed her pups to her chest; the girl smiled and walked home.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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