nest

n.（鸟）窝；温床；（套叠在一起的）一套物件；藏匿处

vt.筑巢；嵌套

vi.筑巢

noun

1. 鸟巢；鸟窝
   a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young
2. 巢穴；窝
   a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young
3. 藏匿处；秘密窝点
   a secret place which is full of bad people and their activities
   1. a nest of thieves
      贼窝
4. 家；安乐窝
   the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children
   1. to leave the nest (= leave your parents' home)
      离开安乐窝
5. （套叠在一起的）一套物件
   a group or set of similar things that are made to fit inside each other
   1. a nest of tables
      一套桌子

verb

1. 筑巢；巢居
   to make and use a nest
   1. Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
      成千上万的海鸟在悬崖上筑巢。
2. 嵌套（信息）
   to put types of information together, or inside each other, so that they form a single unit

n. 巢，窝；安乐窝；温床 vt. 筑巢；嵌套 vi. 筑巢；找鸟巢 n. (Nest)人名；(德)内丝特；(英)内丝特(女子教名 Agnes 威尔士语的昵称)

名词复数形式:nests 现在分词:nesting 过去分词:nested 第三人称单数:nests 过去式:nested

nest 鸟巢，鸟窝，巢

来自古英语nest,来自PIE*nisdos,鸟巢，来自*ni,向下，词源同beneath,*sed,坐，词源同sit.即坐的地方，落脚的地方，引申词义鸟巢，鸟窝。

1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow
   两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。
2. A lone mother Canada goose honked a warning to stay away from her nest.
   一只孤独无伴的雌性加拿大黑雁鸣叫了一声，警告别人不要靠近它的巢。
3. Inspecting the nest may require some ingenuity.
   探查鸟巢是需要些技巧的。
4. The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
   窝里有8只还没长毛、眼睛尚未睁开的小老鼠。
5. I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
   我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。
6. Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
   一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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？
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.
    他们把一小笔钱存在了什么地方，以备不时之需。
14. He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
    他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
15. The actual nest is a work of art.
    真实的鸟巢十分精致。
16. The robins occupied their former nest.
    那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。
17. When a bird's nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact.
    覆巢之下无完卵。
18. 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。
19. The bottom of the nest is laid with feathers and hairs.
    巢的底部是用羽毛和毛发铺成的。
20. I thought my article was harmless, but I have stirred up a hornet's nest.
    我认为我的文章没有什么害处，但我却惹来麻烦。
21. The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house.
    燕子正在我们的屋檐下筑巢。
22. The swallows have built a nest under the eaves.
    燕子在房檐下做了个窝。
23. There is a swallow's nest under the eaves.
    房檐的下方住着一窝燕子。
24. Summer migrants nest here.
    夏天候鸟来这里筑巢。
25. A bird made a nest in the disused tractor.
    一只鸟在废弃的拖拉机上做了个窝。
26. Most birds nest in a tree.
    多数鸟在树上筑巢。
27. This is a robber's nest.
    这是个匪窝。
28. The bird seized the insect and bore it off to its nest.
    那只鸟捕捉到了一只昆虫并把它叼到了鸟巢里。
29. The bird has returned to the nest.
    小鸟回巢了。
30. Like wild birds, he had chosen this desert place to construct his nest.
    和野鸟一样，他选择了这个最荒僻的地方来做窠。