den
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noun
a
wild
animal
's
lair
or
habitation
.
(動物の住む)穴(
lair
)
informal
a
small
,
comfortable
room
in a
house
where a
person
can
pursue
an
activity
in
private
.
⦅主に米⦆ 居間; ⦅英・やや古・くだけて⦆ (奥まった静かで快適な)私室 (!特に男性の書斎・仕事部屋など)
a
place
where people
meet
in
secret
, typically to
engage
in some
illicit
activity
:
(盗賊などの)巣窟, 隠れ場所; むさ苦しい部屋
e.g.
an
opium den
e.g.
a
den of iniquity
.
chiefly
US
a
small
subdivision
of a
Cub Scout
pack
.
(カブスカウト(
Cub Scouts
)の)分隊
verb
(
dens
,
denning
,
denned
)
no object
(of a
wild
animal
)
live
in or
retreat
to a den:
e.g.
the cubs denned in the late autumn.
ORIGIN
Old English
denn
, of
Germanic
origin; related to
German
Tenne
‘
threshing
floor
’, also to
dene
1.