Sanctum

(noun.) a place of inviolable privacy; 'he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go'.

编辑:卢克

• With some curiosity as to what could have sent a brother medico to us at such an hour, I followed Holmes into our sanctum. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• We are privileged to enter that front door, and to penetrate to the domestic sanctum. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In passing the door of that sanctum some time after, I caught the words-- She'll happen do better for him nor ony o't' grand ladies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This is our friend's consulting-room (or would be, if he ever prescribed), his sanctum, his studio, said my guardian to us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

校对:迈拉