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Nest Place Leave Home Live N Count 可数名词 Lay

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](鸟)巢;(鸟)窝 A bird's nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.
  [oft poss N]
  • I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.

    我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。

  • 2
    [VERB 动词](鸟类)筑巢,做窝 When a bird nests somewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.
      [V]
      [V-ing]
  • Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.

    一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。

  • ...nesting sites.

    巢址

  • 3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词](昆虫或动物的)巢,穴 A nest is a home that a group of insects or other creatures make in order to live in and give birth to their young in.
      [usu poss N]
  • Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.

    一些独居蜂会把巢筑在田间的地洞里。

  • ...a rat's nest.

    鼠穴

  • 4
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]安乐窝;安适的地方 You can refer to a place as your nest when it is your home or where you feel comfortable and relaxed.
      [usu with poss]
  • My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House...

    我夫人像是要把奥斯本庄园变成自己的安乐窝。

  • The baby had been asleep in her nest of pink and white blankets.

    婴儿睡在粉色和白色毛毯铺成的小窝里。

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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]老巢;窟;秘密窝点;(贼窟中的)一帮 You can use nest to refer to a place where something bad is being done or to the people there who are doing it.
      [N of n]
  • ...Biarritz, notorious in those days as a nest of spies...

    比亚里茨,那时候出了名的间谍老巢

  • Are you telling me that you've got your own little nest of informers in the Police Department?

    你是说你在警察局有一帮通风报信的?

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    See also:
    crow's nest
    love nest
    7
    [PHRASE 短语]营私;自肥 If you say that someone is feathering their nest, you mean that they are getting a lot of money out of something, so that they can lead a comfortable life.
      [V and N inflect]
  • Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.

    相比追逐私利,玛丽更乐意帮助他人。

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    [PHRASE 短语]自立门户;独立生活 When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
      [V inflects]
  • When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.

    孩子们独立生活后,他和妻子搬到多塞特的茅草屋去住了。

  • 9
    a hornet's nest→see:
    hornet

    Oxford
    nest / nest ; NAmE nest /
    noun
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    verb
    nest nests nested nesting
    noun _birds_comp.jpg _nest.jpg 1 [countable ] a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young 鸟巢;鸟窝 2 [countable ] a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young 巢穴;窝 3 [singular ] a secret place which is full of bad people and their activities 藏匿处;秘密窝点 a nest of thieves 贼窝 4 [singular ] the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children 家;安乐窝 to leave the nest (= leave your parents' home) 离开父母过独立生活 see also
    empty nest
    5 [countable ,  usually singular ] a group or set of similar things that are made to fit inside each other (套叠在一起的)一套物件 a nest of tables 一套桌子 IDIOMsee
    feather
    v.
    ,
    fly
    v.
    ,
    hornet
    ,
    mare
    verb 1 [intransitive ] to make and use a nest 筑巢;巢居 Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs. 成千上万的海鸟在悬崖上筑巢。 2 [transitive ] neststh ( technical 术语 ) to put types of information together, or inside each other, so that they form a single unit 嵌套(信息) nest / nest ; NAmE nest /
    LDC
    nest1 noun
    nest2 verb
    nestnest1 /nest/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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    1nest (1)birds a place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to live in:  a bird’s nest In May the females build a nest and lay their eggs. Young eagles leave the nest after only two months.2insects/animals a place where insects or small animals live:  a field mouse’s nest3 leave/fly the nest to leave your parents’ home and start living somewhere else when you are an adult:  Both daughters were ready to fly the nest.4nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc a place where people are secretly doing a lot of illegal or dishonest things5 nest of tables/boxes etc a set of tables etc that fit inside each other feather your nest
    at feather2(1)
    , → mare’s nest
    at mare(2)
    , → love nest
    COLLOCATIONSverbsbuild/make a nest· Swallows build their nests out of mud.leave the nest· Barn owls leave the nest at two to three months.types of nesta bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest· an abandoned bird's nesta wasps'/hornets' nest· a wasps' nest in the attican ants' nest· a red ants' nest
    nest1 noun
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    1[intransitive] to build or use a nest:  They say eagles used to nest in those rocks.2[transitive] to organize information, especially in a computer program, so that some of the information is recognized as separate but is included or contained in a larger part of the information:  Phrases are nested in the dictionary entry for the first major word.
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