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单词 nest
音标
英[nest] 美[nɛst]
解释
n.(鸟)窝;温床;(套叠在一起的)一套物件;藏匿处;vt.筑巢;嵌套;vi.筑巢;
例句

N-COUNT
(鸟)巢;(鸟)窝
A bird's nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.
例:I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。

VERB
(鸟类)筑巢,做窝
When a bird nests somewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.
例:Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
例:...nesting sites.巢址

N-COUNT
(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.
例: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。
例:...a rat's nest.鼠穴

N-COUNT
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.
例: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。
例: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。

N-COUNT
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.
例:...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
例: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?

PHRASE
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.
例: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。

PHRASE
自立门户;独立生活
When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
例: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。
变形
third:nests~done:nested~pl:nests~ing:nesting~past:nested~

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