| 单词 |
hide-out |
| 释义 |
hide-out orig. N. Amer.|ˈhaɪdaʊt|
Also hideout.
A hiding-place. Also attrib.
1885Century Mag. Mar. 684/2 They guv my place the name o' Hide-out, an' they didn't conscrip' me, nuther. 1913A. B. Emerson R. Fielding at Snow Camp 174 Meanwhile, the wind shrieked through the forest above their ‘hideout’. 1920B. Cronin Timber Wolves 76 ‘In rough country like this a man could bury himself for years.’.. ‘This coast is full of hide-outs, as they call them.’ 1933Amer. Speech VIII. 49/2 Hide-out country, any trackless wilderness. 1935G. Gorer Africa Dances iii. iv. 225 Even if they are inspected by the local authorities..they have..neighbouring hide-outs. 1940Economist 11 May 848/1 The long coastline of Norway provides innumerable hide-outs for German submarines. 1958Listener 25 Dec. 1074/2 The National Gallery pictures, tucked away in their air-conditioned, thermostatically controlled, war-time hideout in the Welsh mountains. 1963Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 20/6 Special squads combed the hideout house. 1973J. Cleary Ransom iii. 71 She had made a mistake in choosing this place as their hide-out, but nowhere else had seemed better. |
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