Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense nests, present participle nesting, past tense, past participle nested
1N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN](鸟)巢;(鸟)窝 A bird's nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in. (鸟)巢;(鸟)窝
I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks. [+ on]
我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。
SYN roost, eyrie
2VERB (鸟类)筑巢,做窝 When a bird nests somewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs. (鸟类)筑巢,做窝
Some species may nest in close proximity to each other. [VERB]
一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
...nesting sites. [VERB-ing]
巢址
3N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN](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. (昆虫或动物的)巢,穴
Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil. [+ in]
一些独居蜂会把巢筑在田间的地洞里。
...a rat's nest.
鼠穴
4N-COUNT [usually with poss]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. 安乐窝;安适的地方
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。
5N-COUNT [NOUNof n]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. 老巢;窟;秘密窝点;(贼窟中的)一帮
...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?
7PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]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. 营私;自肥
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。
8PHRASE 自立门户;独立生活 When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own. 自立门户;独立生活
When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + NEST | NEST + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ant's, bird's, wasp's, etc.蟻穴、鳥巢、黃蜂窩等VERB + NEST➤build, construct, make建巢;壘巢;築巢➤sit on坐窩◇The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.雄鳥和雌鳥輪流坐窩。➤occupy佔據巢穴◇The litters of several different females often occupy the same nest.多隻雌鳥的幼鳥常會待在同一個巢裏。➤abandon, desert, fly, leave棄巢;離家獨立;離開安樂窩◇Her children have flown the nest. (figurative) 她的孩子們已經離家獨立。➤defend, guard保護/守衞巢穴➤disturb驚擾巢穴◇You should avoid disturbing the nest until after the eggs are hatched.卵孵出之前,你不應該驚擾鳥巢。➤destroy搗毀巢穴➤find, locate發現/找到巢穴NEST + NOUN➤site巢;窩◇The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.雄鳥用歌聲吸引雌鳥到它的鳥巢附近。➤hole巢穴➤box (usually nesting box in BrE)巢箱➤mate同棲一巢的伴侶PREPOSITION➤away from a/the nest不在巢裏◇A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.趁雌鳥不在巢裏,一隻老鼠把蛋偷走了。➤in a/the nest, inside a/the nest在巢穴內◇The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.如果蛇在巢穴內被驚擾,它就會反擊。➤on a/the nest在孵蛋◇The female spends all her time on the nest.雌鳥所有時間都在孵蛋。