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。
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