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den 音標拼音: [d'ɛn] n. 獸穴,賊窩 獸穴,賊窩 den n 1: the habitation of wild animals [synonym: {lair}, {den}] 2: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [synonym: {hideout}, {hideaway}, {den}] 3: a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts 4: a room that is comfortable and secluded Den \Den\ (d[e^]n), n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.] 1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers. [1913 Webster] 2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals." --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Den \Den\, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den. [1913 Webster] The sluggish salvages that den below. --G. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] 95 Moby Thesaurus words for "den": Babylon, Gomorrah, Sodom, adytum, ashram, asylum, bolt-hole, booking office, bordello, box office, branch, branch office, brothel, burrow, cabinet, cache, cathouse, cave, cell, cesspit, cesspool, chambers, chancellery, chancery, clip joint, cloister, closet, concealment, consulate, corner, corporate headquarters, couch, cover, covert, coverture, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, dark corner, den of iniquity, den of thieves, dive, dugout, dump, earth, embassy, executive office, fleshpots, form, foxhole, funk hole, gyp joint, headquarters, hellhole, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hole, holy of holies, home office, ivory tower, joint, lair, legation, lodge, main office, mew, niche, nook, office, pandemonium, privacy, recess, refuge, retreat, run, sanctuary, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, secret place, shop, sink, sink of corruption, sporting house, stash, stews, study, sty, ticket office, tunnel, undercovert, whorehouse Document Enabled Networking (Novell, Xerox) Den a lair of wild beasts (Ps. 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa. 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb. 11:38); a resort of thieves (Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Dan. 6:16, 17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common. |
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