英:[den]
美:[den]
英:[den]
美:[den]
复数:dens
第三人称单数:dens
现在分词:denning
过去式:denned
过去分词:denned
noun
the lair of a wild usually predatory animal
a hollow or cavern used especially as a hideout
a small usually squalid dwelling
a comfortable usually secluded room
a subdivision of a Cub Scout pack made up of two or more boys
British a small structure built by children as a place to play, hide, or provide shelter
We roamed the fields and made dens in the hedges, dragging old logs and brushwood with scraps of canvas and rope to make shelters to hide in.—Pat Smith
verb
intransitive verb
to live in or retire to a den
polar bears den in ice caves or snowdrifts
transitive verb
to drive into a den
abbreviation
Denmark
den of thieves贼窝
gambling den赌场
古英语中的 denn 指的是“野生动物的巢穴,动物用来隐藏、避难和保护自己的地方”,源自原始日耳曼语 *danjan(也指中古低地德语 denne 的“低地,有树木的山谷,兽穴”,古英语 denu 的“山谷”,古弗里斯兰语 dene 的“下坡”,古高地德语 tenni,德语 tenne 的“打谷场”,可能源自一个意思是“低地”的原始印欧语词)。
在中古英语中,这个词转义为人类居所中类似兽穴的地方:“盗贼的秘密藏身之处,撤退之地”(13世纪末); “房间,私人室”(14世纪末),但现代用法指的是“男人可以隐居其中工作或休闲的小房间或住所”[OED],是一个现代发展的词汇,最初是口语,据1771年的记载。然而,至少在1956年,至少在美国, den 已经成为一种家庭多功能房间。在19世纪,它也常常有一个贬义,指的是“一个出没之地,肮脏的避难所”(如在短语 den of iniquity 中指妓院等)。
For, in truth, without a den or place of refuge, a man can achieve neither tranquility nor greatness. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in a quiet rooming house in Philadelphia. The soaring ideas that went into it evolved during hours of reading and contemplation in a secluded library. Had it been a study-TV-guest-family room, the United States might still be a colony. [The Kiplinger Magazine, September 1956]
事实上,没有一个巢穴或避难所,一个人既无法获得宁静,也无法取得伟大。杰斐逊在费城的一家安静的寄宿房里写下了《独立宣言》。其中蕴含的崇高思想是在一个隐蔽的图书馆里阅读和思考的几个小时中逐渐形成的。如果那是一个学习-电视-客人-家庭房间,美国可能仍然是一个殖民地。[《基普林格杂志》,1956年9月]
搭房子
Noun Middle English, from Old English denn; akin to Old English denu valley, Old High German tenni threshing floor
The first known use of den was before the 12th century
dendrologynoun
the study of trees
dendrologynoun
the study of trees
dendrologynoun
the study of trees
dendritenoun
a branching figure (as in a mineral or stone) resembling a tree
any of the usually branching extensions of a neuron over which impulses travel toward the cell body compare axon
denatureverb
to remove the natural qualities of: as
to make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without taking away usefulness for other purposes
to change the structure of (as a protein) so that the original properties are removed or diminished
denatureverb
to remove the natural qualities of: as
to make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without taking away usefulness for other purposes
to change the structure of (as a protein) so that the original properties are removed or diminished
denatureverb
to remove the natural qualities of: as
to make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without taking away usefulness for other purposes
to change the structure of (as a protein) so that the original properties are removed or diminished
denatureverb
to remove the natural qualities of: as
to make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without taking away usefulness for other purposes
to change the structure of (as a protein) so that the original properties are removed or diminished
dennoun
the shelter or resting place of a wild animal
a hiding place (as for thieves)
a dirty run-down place in which people live or gather
dens of misery
a comfortable room set apart usually for reading and relaxation
a division of a Cub Scout pack
1 Curly was afraid that the moccasins were lurking nearby in some secret subterranean den, waiting for darkness before they slithered out to begin their deadly hunt.
2 Or the lizard that darted in and out of the rock den inside the cage next to his desk.
3 Mit dieser Bemerkung ü ber den Fehler im Gesetzentwurf traf der Redner den Nagel auf den Kopf.
我们新出的广告招贴算是搞到点子上了.上个季度的营业额上升了35%.
4 “So that’s how he got all of his money,” said the other man from the den.
5 Later, when I went into a demon hospital, it was to remind me very much of a scrubbed-up, antiseptic opium den.
6 The fur nestled her, and when each toe and finger was warm she peered solemnly out of her den.
7 In the spring, wolf packs stay at a nursery den where the pups are born deep in the earth at the end of long tunnels.
8 But then, while I ate my Frosted Flakes in the den and watched Rocky and His Friends, I heard a car pull up in front of Jennifer’s house.
9 I returned to the den and the Nightly News.
10 I followed her into the den, where she sat on the couch and started rummaging through one of the many bags on the floor.
11 He would often retire to his den.
他往往是回自己的书房去。
12 Daddy hasn’t stopped pacing the den, and he hasn’t put his Glock down.
13 Or maybe he was back in his devil’s den, making a note in his log of evil deeds: first day of summer, trapped Virgil Salinas in a well.
14 Marilyn answered, spoke briefly with an undercover cohort of her husband’s, and called the agent into the den from the living room.
15 It was even harder to think about telling him why Pet was there and that his house was the beginning, a monster’s lair, the starting den.
16 He thought of New York as a den of iniquity.
他把纽约视为罪恶的渊薮。
17 This is a den of thieves.
这是一个贼窝.
18 “Well, I don’t suppose you think I’m going to sit in your den drinking tea all afternoon,” he yelled.
19 I tiptoe down the back stairs, go through the kitchen and dining room to the den.
20 I had the feeling Jessie was hoping I had departed for good and that he could have my den.