单词 | nest |
释义 | nest¹ 1.【动】(place)巢;窝;穴 I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.我能看到岩石上有个雕巢。 a rat's nest一个鼠洞 2.【动】(animals)一窝;一巢 3.(undesirable place)(不良分子或事物的)窝, 巢穴, 窟 Biarritz was notorious in those days as a nest of spies.那时候, 比亚里茨作为间谍的老巢声名狼藉。 a nest of thievery一个贼窝 4.(undesirable group of people)(不良分子的)一窝, 一帮 a nest of thieves一窝贼 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群内线吗? 5.(cosy place)安乐窝;安适的地方 My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House.我妻子似乎正在奥斯本旅馆给自己搭起一个安乐窝。 The baby had been asleep in her nest of pink and white blankets.婴儿已经裹在她那粉白色相间的毯子里睡着了。 6.(set)一套;一组 a nest of tables in three different sizes一套三种不同尺寸的桌子 7.【军】(weapon emplacement)掩体 a machine-gun nest机枪掩体 8.to feather your nest<非正式>攒私房钱;中饱私囊;营私自肥 Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.比起为自己钻营, 玛丽对帮助他人要更感兴趣得多。 9.to have flown the nest<非正式>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.孩子们独立生活以后, 他和妻子搬到了多塞特的一处茅草屋居住。 nest²🄰 vi. bird +营巢;作窝 Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着营巢。 🄱 vt. + boxes, tables, dolls把…套叠放置 Russian dolls that have smaller versions nested inside each other从大到小一个套一个的俄罗斯套娃 |
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