eyrie

noun

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. （难以接近的）高处的房屋
   a room or building in a high place that is often difficult to reach and from which sb can see what is happening below

in AM, use 美国英语用 aerie


1. N-COUNT （难以接近的）高处的建筑
   If you refer to a place such as a house or a castle as an eyrie, you mean it is built high up and is difficult to reach.
   1. ...marooned in my 48th floor eyrie in the sky.
      困在我那位于48层高空的家中
2. （通常筑在高山上的）鹰巢，猛禽巢
   An eyrie is the nest of a bird of prey such as an eagle, and is usually built high up in the mountains.

1. Rising out of the mist amid some of the most sublime alpine scenery in Europe, a spa hotel built on the site of Adolf Hitler's mountain eyrie hopes to exorcise the ghost of the Nazi leader.
   有着阿尔卑斯山脉世外桃源之称的奥柏萨尔斯堡山曾是阿道夫·希特勒私人别墅的所在地，现在一座豪华的温泉饭店已在那里拔地而起。
2. Ascetic and pragmatic, in their remote monastic eyrie they remained aloof from mundane strife, wrapped in meditation that knew no gods or elements of magic.
   苦行且务实的他们在偏远高山的寺院里，独自沉浸在远离尘嚣的冥想中，不受任何魔法元素或者神灵的干扰。

noun

1. any habitation at a high altitude

   Synonym:    aerieaeryeyry

2. the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

   Synonym:    aerieaeryeyry