lair

巣穴

野生動物が住んだり休んだりする場所で、多くは洞窟や穴。

やさしい英語で： A place where a wild animal lives or rests, often a cave or hole.

• The wolf returned to its lair.
• We found a bear’s lair beneath the rocks.
• The cubs stayed close to the lair.

類義語： den

よく使う表現： wolf lair, animal lair, leave a lair

隠れ家、アジト

特に犯罪者や物語の悪役などが暮らしたり潜んだりする、人目につかない場所。

やさしい英語で： A private or hidden place where someone, especially a criminal or fictional villain, lives or stays.

• The villain escaped to his lair.
• Police discovered the gang’s lair in an abandoned factory.
• Her secret lair was hidden beneath the city.

類義語： hideout, hideaway, retreat

よく使う表現： secret lair, villain’s lair, underground lair

家畜小屋

家畜を入れたり休ませたりする、屋根のある場所。

やさしい英語で： A covered place where farm animals are kept or can rest.

• The cattle rested in their lair.
• Fresh straw covered the floor of the lair.
• The farmer repaired the sheep’s lair before winter.

類義語： shed, shelter

よく使う表現： cattle lair, a sheltered lair, a farm lair

墓地の区画

墓、または人を埋葬するための墓地の一区画。

やさしい英語で： A grave or a space in a cemetery where someone can be buried.

• The family purchased a lair in the cemetery.
• A stone marked the old lair.
• Cemetery records identify the owner of each lair.

類義語： grave, burial plot

よく使う表現： family lair, burial lair, purchase a lair

休む、住む

ある場所で休む、またはそこをすみかにする。

やさしい英語で： To rest or make your home in a particular place.

• The beast laired in a cave.
• Deer lair among the trees at night.
• The wolf had laired beneath the rocky ledge.

使い方： lair in somewhere (The animal laired in the forest.)

類義語： rest, dwell

よく使う表現： lair in something, lair among something

横たえる、置く

人や物を、横になって休むような状態で置く。

やさしい英語で： To put someone or something down in a resting position.

• She laired the child down on the bed.
• He laired the bundle down beside the door.
• They gently laired the injured man on the grass.

使い方： lair someone/something down (They laired the child down on a blanket.)

類義語： lay down

よく使う表現： lair someone down, lair something down

埋葬する

死んだ人や動物を墓に入れ、土で覆う。

やさしい英語で： To put a dead person or animal into a grave and cover them with earth.

• They laired him beside his parents.
• The villagers laired the body near the church.
• She asked to be laired in the family grave.

類義語： bury, inter

よく使う表現： lair someone, lair a body

ぬかるみにはまらせる

人や物を深い泥や柔らかい地面にはまらせ、動けなくする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something stuck in deep mud or soft ground.

• The bog laired the horse.
• Heavy rain had laired their cart in mud.
• The soft ground threatened to lair the wagon.

類義語： mire, bog down

よく使う表現： lair a horse, lair a cart