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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
eyrie
eyrie [eyrie eyries] (especially BrE) (NAmE usually aerie)BrE [ˈɪəri] NAmE [ˈɪri] BrE [ˈeəri] NAmE [ˈeri] BrE [ˈaɪəri] noun 1. 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. 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 See also: ↑aerie Word Origin: late 15th cent.: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area ‘level piece of ground’, in late Latin, ‘nest of a bird of prey’.
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