dens

英 [dɛnz]

美 [dɛnz]

n.  兽穴; 兽窝; 窝点，窝子(尤指为非法或邪恶活动秘密聚会处); 休息室
den的第三人称单数和复数

比较级：denser　最高级：densest　

医学

BNC.20020

柯林斯词典

• (狮子、狐狸等野生动物的)兽穴，兽窝
  Adenis the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.
• (家里用来学习、工作或从事业余爱好的)书房，私室
  Yourdenis a quiet room in your house where you can go to study, work, or carry on a hobby without being disturbed.
• N-COUNT (通常指为了从事非法活动的)秘密聚集处，窝点，巢穴
  Adenis a secret place where people meet, usually for a dishonest purpose.
  1. I could provide you with the addresses of at least three illegal drinking dens.
     我可以为你提供至少 3 处非法饮酒窝点的地址。
  2. ...the crack dens of urban America.
     美国城市中的可卡因毒窟
• N-COUNT (某一不良行为或非法活动的猖獗)场所，渊薮
  If you describe a place as aden ofa particular type of bad or illegal behaviour, you mean that a lot of that type of behaviour goes on there.
  1. ...the one-bedroomed flat that was to become his den of savage debauchery.
     即将成为他野蛮放荡之所的一居室公寓
  2. ...a den of greed.
     贪欲横行之地

双语例句

• The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
  百兽进入穴中、卧在洞内。
• Polar bears can smell the seals and break in the roof, so a mother often has several dens.
  北极熊可以闻到海豹的气味并打破洞穴的顶部，因此海豹妈妈通常都有好几个洞穴。
• In winter bears usually hibernate in their dens.
  冬天熊通常在穴里冬眠。
• Rocks, caves,/ lakes, fens,/ bogs, dens,/ and shades/ of death
  岩石、洞穴、湖泊、沼泽、泥塘、兽窝，以及死亡的阴影
• Well-known breed of dog developed in England to drive foxes from their dens.
  在英格兰育成的狗品种，善于从窝里把狐狸驱赶出来。
• In spring, having awakened, they leave their dens, thin and hungry.
  在春天醒来之后，他们离开巢穴，又瘦又饿。
• With growth, the alar ligaments that attach the tip of the dens to the occiput pull the ossicle upwards giving it its characteristic appearance.
  随着生长，翼状韧带（附着于齿状突尖端和枕部的韧带）向上牵拉小骨形成其特征性的表现。
• While damming streams and building dens may be basic rights of passage for their parents 'and grandparents' generation, the National Trust is offering a helping hand for today's youngsters who have yet to experience such character-building activities.
  筑水坝和筑巢对于他们的父母和祖父母而言也许是是一件很容易的事，而如今的孩子却需要通过国民信托的帮助才能融入这种筑造过程。
• Conclusion: Treatment on old seperation of epiphysis of the dens epistrophei must give priority to non-operation.
  结论：小儿陈旧性齿突骨骺分离如无明显脊髓压迫症，以保守治疗为主。
• They prefer to stay close to well-hidden dens to protect their pups from.
  它们宁愿呆在接近藏匿巢穴来保护它们的幼崽免受其他侵害。