nests

英 [nests]

美 [nests]

n.  鸟巢; 鸟窝; 巢穴; 窝; 藏匿处; 秘密窝点
v.  筑巢; 巢居; 嵌套(信息)
nest的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (鸟)巢;(鸟)窝
  A bird'snestis the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.
  1. 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 birdnestssomewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.
  1. Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
     一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
  2. ...nesting sites.
     巢址
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a rat's nest.
     鼠穴
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 usenestto refer to a place where something bad is being done or to the people there who are doing it.
  1. ...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
  2. 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？
• 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.
  1. 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 childrenfly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
  1. 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。
• a hornet's nest→ see:hornet

双语例句

• Snakes, lizards and other small mammals evacuated their underground nests;
  蛇、蜥蜴等小型哺乳动物晚上都不愿再回它们在地下的窝；
• The cuckoo lays her eggs in other bird's nests.
  杜鹃把自己的蛋生在别的鸟的窝里。
• Birds make their nests in trees. Small animals and insects build their homes in the hollows of trees.
  鸟类在树上筑巢，小动物和昆虫则在树洞中栖居。
• Birds pair and build nests in spring.
  鸟在春天交配筑窝。
• She knew them in crowds passing to and from their nests, like ants or beetles.
  她只知道他们象蚂蚁和甲虫一般成群结队地从他们的窝里爬出又爬进。
• Solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant.
  独居蜜蜂，将泥土和鹅卵石粘在一起筑造附着在树上的巢。
• Squirrels have been stealing flags to use as liners for their nests.
  松鼠盗窃公墓内的旗帜用作自己巢穴的衬垫。
• These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch.
  这些巢每年都在变大，最终可能会把树枝压弯。
• Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc..
  北美洲和欧洲普通的燕子，在谷仓等地筑巢。
• Any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand.
  各种独居的蜜蜂，用硬泥和沙子筑巢。