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BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest
nest nɛst
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense nests, present participle nesting, past tense , past participle nested
1 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] ();() 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. [+ on]

    我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。

SYN roost, eyrie
2 VERB (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

3 N-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

4 N-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。

5 N-COUNT [NOUN of n] 老巢;;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;;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?

    你是说你在警察局有一帮通风报信的?

SYN hotbed, den, breeding-ground
6 See also: crow's nest  love nest 
7 PHRASE [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。

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. 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.

    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 
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BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + NEST | NEST + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEant's, bird's, wasp's, etc.蟻穴、鳥巢、黃蜂窩等VERB + NESTbuild, 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 + NOUNsite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PREPOSITIONaway 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。
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest
Birds' nests and perches: aerie, eyrie, nest...
The homes of wild animals: bedding, burrow, den...
Insect habitats: anthill, cobweb, comb...
Collections, stores and sets of things: agglomeration, arsenal, assemblage...
To create order in a system or activity: structure, reorganize, prioritize...

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