nesting
英 [ˈnestɪŋ]
美 [ˈnestɪŋ]
v. 筑巢; 巢居; 嵌套(信息)
nest的现在分词
BNC.19415 / COCA.14554
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (鸟)巢;(鸟)窝
A bird'snestis the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.- I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。
- I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
- VERB (鸟类)筑巢,做窝
When a birdnestssomewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.- Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。 - ...nesting sites.
巢址
- Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
- N-COUNT (昆虫或动物的)巢,穴
Anestis a home that a group of insects or other creatures make in order to live in and give birth to their young in.- 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。 - ...a rat's nest.
鼠穴
- Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
- N-COUNT 安乐窝;安适的地方
You can refer to a place as yournestwhen it is your home or where you feel comfortable and relaxed.- 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。
- My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House...
- N-COUNT 老巢;窟;秘密窝点;(贼窟中的)一帮
You can usenestto refer to a place where something bad is being done or to the people there who are doing it.- ...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?
- ...Biarritz, notorious in those days as a nest of spies...
- See also:crow's nestlove nest
- PHRASE 营私;自肥
If you say that someoneis feathering their nest, you mean that they are getting a lot of money out of something, so that they can lead a comfortable life.- 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。
- Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.
- PHRASE 自立门户;独立生活
When childrenfly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.- 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。
- When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.
- a hornet's nest→ see:hornet