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单词 nestle
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Definition of nestle in English:

nestle

verb ˈnɛs(ə)lˈnɛsəl
  • 1no object, with adverbial of place Settle or lie comfortably within or against something.

    偎依;安卧

    the baby nestled in her arms

    小鹿依偎在她的怀抱中。

    with object she nestled her head against his shoulder

    她把头依偎在他的肩膀上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the military's precision flying teams put on a demonstration, pilots often nestle their fighter jets within two or three feet of each other as they roar by in formation.
    • R. Crumb nestles in his wife's amused arms to escape being photographed.
    • Five or six birds - doves, robins, bluebirds - had perched on the windowsill, and were affectionately nestling against her hands and arms.
    • Katlyn nestled into his arms and rested her head on his chest.
    • She leaned against him, nestling in as he put his arm around her.
    • Mrs Grey Dove now has small brown hopping babies that nestle under her maternal wings at night.
    • There is a more or less serious argument about contemporary culture nestling within this gleeful demolition job, but it does not become apparent until about halfway through the narrative.
    • He's comfortable like this, lying against an array of chenille pillows while the woman in his arms nestles against him.
    • Industrialism's strident emergent element nestles comfortably in a cosy neo-pastoralist structure of feeling.
    • He looked away as he felt her head nestle comfortably into his neck.
    • Equally inevitably I would be found nestling in the safe, comforting arms of my aunt in her kitchen.
    • It would be wrong to either rush to condemn the incumbent for increasing our visibility as a target, or to nestle in the comforting bosom of a father figure.
    • Faux fur is everywhere for autumn, nestling comfortably alongside leather, suede and sheepskin on the rails.
    • Just as I was dozing off, scrambled eggs nestling comfortably in my tummy and my brain relaxing into a deep and beautiful slumber, my sister called.
    • Barefoot and cross-legged, she nestles into a well-worn couch in the comfortable study-cum-studio that husband Tony de Beer built for her at their Westdene house.
    • The Waiters household contains many of the traditional trappings of sentimental bliss: Women nestle snugly at home and babies merrily roll about.
    • She had done that through-out the night when we'd woken up and she'd wanted to nestle back into my arms.
    • There is even a Thompson mouse nestling within one of the upper panels of the heavy iron-studded double doors of St William's College.
    • Small beings that eat wood are nestled deeply and comfortably in a dead tree trunk.
    • After a couple of weeks they have enough fur to survive the cold temperatures, and will often huddle together or nestle up to the doe to stay warm.
    Synonyms
    snuggle, cuddle (up), curl up, huddle, nuzzle, settle, lie close, burrow
    North American snug down
    1. 1.1 (of a place) be situated in a half-hidden or sheltered position.
      (地点)半隐半现
      picturesque villages nestle in the wooded hills

      风景如画的村落隐现在树木繁茂的山间。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lahardane is a picturesque village nestling at the foot of Nephin and easily accessible from all major North Mayo areas.
      • Throughout the sector, as in other areas of southern Lebanon, small mainly Shiite villages nestle in the valleys.
      • The houses would nestle on the comfortable laneway that has been signed for many years as Sussex Mews.
      • Killick-Claw is ostensibly a gentle place nestling in the lee of the angry Newfoundland coast, but it quickly becomes apparent that there are darker forces at play under the surface.
      • The next day she said the landscape as they cruised along the River Rhine was very picturesque with little villages nestling in the hills.
      • Sally drives across the Bridge to the northern suburbs, where hi-tech businesses and call centres nestle along the highway.
      • The house occupies an elevated position with wide views of forests and farms nestling among the hills of the region.
      • The village would nestle on a massive brownfield site between Sheffield and Rotherham and is expected to bring a raft of social, economic and environmental benefits to the area.
      • She said the government had invested a lot in the resort's security which is a popular tourist destination nestling in the azure waters of the Sulu Sea.
      • Fortunately he would find not a latter-day Sodom or Gomorrah just a delightful little village nestling at the southern edge of the moors.
      • Situated around 160 miles south of Scotland with a third of its land nestling in the Peak District, it seems something of a surprise that Sheffield has become one of a few cities in the world to have its own tartan.
      • The emerald green plateau of playing fields nestling between the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie is the sort of lakeside greenbelt site most junior rugby clubs can only dream of.
      • It is a town happily nestling in its quiet natural environment.
      • On St. Patrick's Day the world descended on the little town of Aclare nestling at the foot of the Ox Mountains.
      • Oxford is a much larger city and has, lying beyond the ring road, heavy industrial areas nestling next to one of Europe's largest housing estates.
      • Twenty six villages of ethnic minorities nestle within the Doi Tung development area.
      • There will be many complaints about the noise, danger and disturbance yet again of construction work traffic impinging on the sleepy area nestling by a perfect spot on the River Wharfe.
      • Thorpe End is a small village on the eastern outskirts of Norwich, probably best described as a three-car-household estate nestling round an Aga shop.
      • His sensitivity to surroundings is demonstrated by the Archaeolink Visitor Centre in Aberdeenshire, where a public gateway to the area's historic sites nestles into the landscape.
      • The tiny village of Clonegal nestles in a picturesque valley, deep in the lush, rolling countryside where counties Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow meet.

Origin

Old English nestlian, from nest; compare with Dutch nestelen.

Rhymes

Bessel, pestle, redressal, trestle, vessel, wrestle

Definition of nestle in US English:

nestle

verbˈnɛsəlˈnesəl
  • 1no object, with adverbial of place Settle or lie comfortably within or against something.

    偎依;安卧

    the baby deer nestled in her arms

    小鹿依偎在她的怀抱中。

    with object she nestled her head against his shoulder

    她把头依偎在他的肩膀上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a couple of weeks they have enough fur to survive the cold temperatures, and will often huddle together or nestle up to the doe to stay warm.
    • He looked away as he felt her head nestle comfortably into his neck.
    • The Waiters household contains many of the traditional trappings of sentimental bliss: Women nestle snugly at home and babies merrily roll about.
    • He's comfortable like this, lying against an array of chenille pillows while the woman in his arms nestles against him.
    • Barefoot and cross-legged, she nestles into a well-worn couch in the comfortable study-cum-studio that husband Tony de Beer built for her at their Westdene house.
    • Small beings that eat wood are nestled deeply and comfortably in a dead tree trunk.
    • She leaned against him, nestling in as he put his arm around her.
    • Faux fur is everywhere for autumn, nestling comfortably alongside leather, suede and sheepskin on the rails.
    • Mrs Grey Dove now has small brown hopping babies that nestle under her maternal wings at night.
    • Five or six birds - doves, robins, bluebirds - had perched on the windowsill, and were affectionately nestling against her hands and arms.
    • When the military's precision flying teams put on a demonstration, pilots often nestle their fighter jets within two or three feet of each other as they roar by in formation.
    • R. Crumb nestles in his wife's amused arms to escape being photographed.
    • Just as I was dozing off, scrambled eggs nestling comfortably in my tummy and my brain relaxing into a deep and beautiful slumber, my sister called.
    • It would be wrong to either rush to condemn the incumbent for increasing our visibility as a target, or to nestle in the comforting bosom of a father figure.
    • Equally inevitably I would be found nestling in the safe, comforting arms of my aunt in her kitchen.
    • There is a more or less serious argument about contemporary culture nestling within this gleeful demolition job, but it does not become apparent until about halfway through the narrative.
    • There is even a Thompson mouse nestling within one of the upper panels of the heavy iron-studded double doors of St William's College.
    • Industrialism's strident emergent element nestles comfortably in a cosy neo-pastoralist structure of feeling.
    • She had done that through-out the night when we'd woken up and she'd wanted to nestle back into my arms.
    • Katlyn nestled into his arms and rested her head on his chest.
    Synonyms
    snuggle, cuddle, cuddle up, curl up, huddle, nuzzle, settle, lie close, burrow
    1. 1.1 (of a place) lie or be situated in a half-hidden or obscured position.
      (地点)半隐半现
      picturesque villages nestle in the wooded hills

      风景如画的村落隐现在树木繁茂的山间。

      the hotel is nestled between two headlands

      这家旅馆在两个海岬间半隐半现。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thorpe End is a small village on the eastern outskirts of Norwich, probably best described as a three-car-household estate nestling round an Aga shop.
      • Situated around 160 miles south of Scotland with a third of its land nestling in the Peak District, it seems something of a surprise that Sheffield has become one of a few cities in the world to have its own tartan.
      • The tiny village of Clonegal nestles in a picturesque valley, deep in the lush, rolling countryside where counties Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow meet.
      • It is a town happily nestling in its quiet natural environment.
      • Fortunately he would find not a latter-day Sodom or Gomorrah just a delightful little village nestling at the southern edge of the moors.
      • The emerald green plateau of playing fields nestling between the towns of Beith and Kilbirnie is the sort of lakeside greenbelt site most junior rugby clubs can only dream of.
      • Oxford is a much larger city and has, lying beyond the ring road, heavy industrial areas nestling next to one of Europe's largest housing estates.
      • The next day she said the landscape as they cruised along the River Rhine was very picturesque with little villages nestling in the hills.
      • She said the government had invested a lot in the resort's security which is a popular tourist destination nestling in the azure waters of the Sulu Sea.
      • Twenty six villages of ethnic minorities nestle within the Doi Tung development area.
      • Sally drives across the Bridge to the northern suburbs, where hi-tech businesses and call centres nestle along the highway.
      • Lahardane is a picturesque village nestling at the foot of Nephin and easily accessible from all major North Mayo areas.
      • There will be many complaints about the noise, danger and disturbance yet again of construction work traffic impinging on the sleepy area nestling by a perfect spot on the River Wharfe.
      • The village would nestle on a massive brownfield site between Sheffield and Rotherham and is expected to bring a raft of social, economic and environmental benefits to the area.
      • Throughout the sector, as in other areas of southern Lebanon, small mainly Shiite villages nestle in the valleys.
      • Killick-Claw is ostensibly a gentle place nestling in the lee of the angry Newfoundland coast, but it quickly becomes apparent that there are darker forces at play under the surface.
      • On St. Patrick's Day the world descended on the little town of Aclare nestling at the foot of the Ox Mountains.
      • The houses would nestle on the comfortable laneway that has been signed for many years as Sussex Mews.
      • His sensitivity to surroundings is demonstrated by the Archaeolink Visitor Centre in Aberdeenshire, where a public gateway to the area's historic sites nestles into the landscape.
      • The house occupies an elevated position with wide views of forests and farms nestling among the hills of the region.

Origin

Old English nestlian, from nest; compare with Dutch nestelen.

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