English-Thai Dictionary

lair

N ถ้ำ ของ สัตว์  ที่ซ่อน ของ สัตว์  den hole covert tam-kong-sad

 

lair

N ที่ หลบซ่อน  ที่ซ่อน  retreat hideaway ti-lob-son

 

laird

N เจ้าของที่ดิน  jao-kong-ti-din

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAIR

n.[L. locus. ] 1. A place of rest; the bed or couch of a boar or wild beast.
2. Pasture; the ground.

 

LAIRD

n. In the Scots dialect, a lord; the proprietor of a manor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAIR

Lair, n. Etym: [OE. leir, AS. leger; akin to D. leger, G. lager couch, lair, OHG. laga, Goth. ligrs, and to E. lie. See Lie to be prostrate, and cf. Layer, Leaguer. ]

 

1. A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

 

2. A burying place. [Scot. ] Jamieson.

 

3. A pasture; sometimes, food. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

LAIRD

Laird, n. Etym: [See Lord. ]

 

Defn: A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot. ]

 

LAIRDSHIP

LAIRDSHIP Laird "ship, n.

 

Defn: The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. [Scot. ] Ramsay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lair

lair |le (ə )r lɛ (ə )r | ▶noun a wild animal's resting place, esp. one that is well hidden. • a secret or private place in which a person seeks concealment or seclusion. ORIGIN Old English leger ‘resting place, bed, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leger ‘bed, camp ’ and German Lager ‘storehouse, ’ also to lie 1. Compare with laager and lager .

 

lair

lair 2 |lɛː |Austral. /NZ informal ▶noun a flashily dressed man who enjoys showing off. ▶verb [ no obj. ] dress or behave in a flashy manner: some of us laired up in Assam silk suits. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from lairy .

 

lairage

lairage |ˈlɛːrɪdʒ | ▶noun a place where cattle or sheep may be rested on the way to market or slaughter.

 

laird

laird |le (ə )rd lɛ (ə )rd | ▶noun (in Scotland ) a person who owns a large estate. DERIVATIVES laird ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: Scots form of lord .

 

lairy

lair y |ˈle (ə )rē ˌlɛəri | ▶adjective ( lairier, lairiest ) Brit. informal 1 cunning or conceited. 2 ostentatiously attractive; flashy: the former Hollywood bad girl is putting her lairy Tinseltown past behind her. 3 aggressive or rowdy: a couple of lairy people pushed me around. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally Cockney slang ): alteration of leery. Sense 2 was originally Australian slang and dates from the early 20th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

lair

lair 1 |lɛː | ▶noun a place where a wild animal lives. • a secret or private place in which a person seeks concealment or seclusion. ORIGIN Old English leger ‘resting place, bed ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leger ‘bed, camp ’ and German Lager ‘storehouse ’, also to lie 1. Compare with laager, lager, and leaguer 2 .

 

lair

lair 2 |lɛː |Austral. /NZ informal ▶noun a flashily dressed man who enjoys showing off. ▶verb [ no obj. ] dress or behave in a flashy manner: some of us laired up in Assam silk suits. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from lairy .

 

lairage

lairage |ˈlɛːrɪdʒ | ▶noun a place where cattle or sheep may be rested on the way to market or slaughter.

 

laird

laird |lɛːd | ▶noun (in Scotland ) a person who owns a large estate. DERIVATIVES lairdship noun ORIGIN late Middle English: Scots form of lord .

 

lairy

lairy |ˈlɛəri | ▶adjective ( lairier, lairiest ) Brit. informal 1 cunning or conceited. 2 ostentatiously attractive; flashy. 3 aggressive or rowdy: a couple of lairy people pushed me around. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally Cockney slang ): alteration of leery. Sense 2 was originally Australian slang and dates from the early 20th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lair

lair noun 1 the lair of a large python: den, burrow, hole, tunnel, cave. 2 a villain's lair: hideout, hiding place, hideaway, refuge, sanctuary, haven, shelter, retreat.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lair

lair noun 1 the lair of a large python: den, burrow, hole, lie, covert, tunnel, dugout, hollow, cave, haunt. 2 the lair of a villain: hideaway, hiding place, hideout, refuge, sanctuary, haven, cache, shelter, retreat; informal hidey-hole.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lair

lair /leə r /名詞 C 〖通例one 's ～〗1 ｟くだけて ｠(人間の )隠れ家 ; (世間からの )逃避場所 .2 (野生動物の住む目立たない )すみか .

 

laird

laird /leə r d /〖lordの異形 〗名詞 C ｟スコット ｠大地主 .

 

lairy

lai ry /lé ə ri /形容詞 ｟英俗 ｠横柄な, 乱暴な, 傍若無人の .