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单词 nest
释义 nest¹ /nest/ n.
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 /nest/
🄰 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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