nest的中文翻譯是什麼意思

nest

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n. 巢; 安樂窩; 窩點; 一套物件

v. 築巢; 巢狀資訊

nest柯林斯釋義

N-COUNT(鳥)巢;(鳥)窩

A bird's nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.

  • I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.

    我能看到岩石上的鷹巢。

VERB(鳥類)築巢,做窩

When a bird nests somewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.

  • Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.

    一些鳥類會彼此緊挨著築巢。

  • ...nesting sites.

    巢址

N-COUNT(昆蟲或動物的)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.

  • Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.

    一些獨居蜂會把巢築在田間的地洞裡。

  • ...a rat's nest.

    鼠穴

N-COUNT安樂窩;安適的地方

You can refer to a place as your nest when 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...

    我夫人像是要把奧斯本莊園變成自己的安樂窩。

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

    嬰兒睡在粉色和白色毛毯鋪成的小窩裡。

N-COUNT老巢;窟;秘密窩點;(賊窟中的)一幫

You can use nest to 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...

    比亞里茨,那時候出了名的間諜老巢

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

    你是說你在警察局有一幫通風報信的?

PHRASE營私;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.

  • Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.

    相比追逐私利,瑪麗更樂意幫助他人。

PHRASE自立門戶;獨立生活

When children fly 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.

    孩子們獨立生活後,他和妻子搬到多塞特的茅草屋去住了。

nest英文釋義

Noun

1. a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

    2. a kind of gun emplacement;

    • a machine-gun nest
    • a nest of snipers

    3. a cosy or secluded retreat

      4. a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality;

      • a nest of thieves

      5. furniture pieces made to fit close together

        Verb

        1. inhabit a nest, usually after building;

        • birds are nesting outside my window every Spring

        2. fit together or fit inside;

        • nested bowls

        3. 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

        4. gather nests

          nest場景例句

          The home is a warm nest.

          家是一個溫暖的巢.

          The blackbird's nest contained four eggs.

          黑鸝巢裡有四個蛋.

          A program shall not attempt to nest compilation of definitions.

          一個程式必須不能嘗試巢狀編譯定義.

          Some high class restaurants put bird's nest on top of the custard.

          一些高階餐館把燕窩放在奶羹的頂部.

          As the mother bird flies and builds her nest , just so youth bird does.

          幼鳥像母親那樣飛翔和築巢.

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          nest詞性變形

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