eyrie

eyrie

美 ['ɪri]  英 ['ɪəri]

  • n.鹰巢;(尤指难以接近的)高处的房屋
  • 网络鹰巢城;艾瑞;高山上的房舍

词形变化

复数:eyries  

英汉双解

n.
1.
(在岩石高处筑的)猛禽巢,鹰巢a nest that is built high up among rocks by a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) such as an eagle
2.
(尤指难以接近的)高处的房屋a room or building in a high place, especially one that is difficult to reach and from which sb can see what is happening below

英汉解释

n.
1.
鹰巢
2.
雏鸟

英英解释

n.

例句

So it may have been especially satisfying for Mr Medvedev to force Mr Sechin out of his eyrie at Rosneft.

因此,把谢欣赶出他在Rosneft的巢穴,或许会让梅德韦杰夫格外心满意足。

There were a few other cars parked close by and some eagles circling, possibly by an eyrie.

附近还停着其他的一些车辆,几只鹰在盘旋着,很可能是绕着一只巢穴。

The WEF's great strength is its ability to draw a good crowd to its eyrie .

世界经济论坛的强处在于,它能够将一群重要人物召至高山之巅。

The birds built a small eyrie , made from heather twigs, old dried-out thistle stalks, wood rush, rushes and grasses.

这两只鸟筑了一个小巢,用的是石南花末梢、乾枯的蓟茎、地杨梅属的植物、灯心草以及草。

and in the highest roost of the Eyrie, inaccessible except by winged flight, her sister was untouchable.

而且对于处于最高处的苍白之巢,没有能够飞翔的翅膀是无法接近的,她将无法碰到她的姐妹。