nest
英 [nest]
美 [nest]
n. 鸟巢; 鸟窝; 巢穴; 窝; 藏匿处; 秘密窝点
v. 筑巢; 巢居; 嵌套(信息)
复数:nests 现在分词:nesting 过去分词:nested 第三人称单数:nests 过去式:nested
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3867 / COCA.4131
习惯用语
n.
- feather your (own) nest
- 中饱私囊
to make yourself richer, especially by spending money on yourself that should be spent on sth else fly the nestfly the nesta hornets' nest - 引起公愤的状况;困境
a difficult situation in which a lot of people get very angry - His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' nest .
他给报界写的信着实引发了众怒。 a mare's nesta mare's nest
牛津词典
noun
- 鸟巢;鸟窝
a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young - 巢穴;窝
a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young - 藏匿处;秘密窝点
a secret place which is full of bad people and their activities- a nest of thieves
贼窝
- a nest of thieves
- 家;安乐窝
the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children- to leave the nest (= leave your parents' home)
离开安乐窝
- to leave the nest (= leave your parents' home)
- (套叠在一起的)一套物件
a group or set of similar things that are made to fit inside each other- a nest of tables
一套桌子
- a nest of tables
verb
- 筑巢;巢居
to make and use a nest- Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
成千上万的海鸟在悬崖上筑巢。
- Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
- 嵌套(信息)
to put types of information together, or inside each other, so that they form a single unit
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (鸟)巢;(鸟)窝
A bird'snestis the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.- I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。
- I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
- VERB (鸟类)筑巢,做窝
When a birdnestssomewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.- 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
- Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
- N-COUNT (昆虫或动物的)巢,穴
Anestis a home that a group of insects or other creatures make in order to live in and give birth to their young in.- 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
- Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
- N-COUNT 安乐窝;安适的地方
You can refer to a place as yournestwhen it is your home or where you feel comfortable and relaxed.- 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。
- My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House...
- N-COUNT 老巢;窟;秘密窝点;(贼窟中的)一帮
You can usenestto refer to a place where something bad is being done or to the people there who are doing it.- ...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?
- ...Biarritz, notorious in those days as a nest of spies...
- See also:crow's nestlove nest
- PHRASE 营私;自肥
If you say that someoneis feathering their nest, you mean that they are getting a lot of money out of something, so that they can lead a comfortable life.- 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。
- Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.
- PHRASE 自立门户;独立生活
When childrenfly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.- 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。
- When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.
- a hornet's nest→ see:hornet
英英释义
noun
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a machine-gun nest
- a nest of snipers
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- a nest of thieves
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
verb
- gather nests
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- fit together or fit inside
- nested bowls
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- birds are nesting outside my window every Spring
双语例句
- 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。 - Like wild birds, he had chosen this desert place to construct his nest.
和野鸟一样,他选择了这个最荒僻的地方来做窠。 - I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。 - I thought my article was harmless, but I have stirred up a hornet's nest.
我认为我的文章没有什么害处,但我却惹来麻烦。 - The swallows have built a nest under the eaves.
燕子在房檐下做了个窝。 - As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow
两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。 - 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。 - 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? - A lone mother Canada goose honked a warning to stay away from her nest.
一只孤独无伴的雌性加拿大黑雁鸣叫了一声,警告别人不要靠近它的巢。 - Summer migrants nest here.
夏天候鸟来这里筑巢。