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[英] [nest] [美] [nɛst] 生词本

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1. N-COUNT (鸟)巢;(鸟)窝 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.

    我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。

2. VERB (鸟类)筑巢，做窝 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.

    一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。

  • ...nesting sites.

    巢址

3. 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. 

  • 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 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. 

  • 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。

5. 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. 

  • ...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？

6. See also: crow's nest; love nest;  
7. 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. 

  • 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。

8. PHRASE 自立门户;独立生活 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; 
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

体育

  • 1.茶几
  • 2.钩脚尖悬垂
  • 3.鸟巢悬垂

医学

  • 1.巢：出现于某处的一团细胞，正常时则无

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  • 1.【动】嵌套；后进先出(一种存储访问方式)
1. The eagle does not prey on its own nest.; It isn't advisable to harm one's next-door neighbours.; The eagle never hunts near his own nest.
老鹰不吃窝下草。

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2. A tree may in summer wear a nest of robin in her hair.
在夏天一棵树的枝叶中可能藏着一窝知更鸟。

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3. His criticisms of the president stirred up a hornet's nest.
他对董事长的批评造成众愤难平。

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4. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
[谚]家丑不可外扬。

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5. Most birds nest in a tree.
多数鸟在树上筑巢。

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6. Summer migrants nest here.
夏天候鸟来这里筑巢。

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7. The blackbird's nest contained four eggs.
黑鹂巢里有四个蛋。

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8. The bottom of the nest is laid with feathers and hair.
巢的底部是用羽毛和头发铺成的。

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9. The palace was a nest of intrigue.
这座宫殿曾是阴谋诡计的策源地。

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10. The robins occupied their former nest.
那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。

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11. The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house.
燕子正在我们的屋檐下筑巢。

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12. There's a wasps' nest in that old tree.
那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。

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13. They bottled up the submarines in their nest.
他们把潜艇困在巢穴里，使其无法出击。

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14. This is an ants' nest.
这是一个蚁穴。

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15. When a bird's nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact.
覆巢之下无完卵。

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