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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] (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
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;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?

    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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