nest是什么意思_nest怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;"We cuddled against each other to keep warm"
"The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

gather nests

中英词源

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。

nest: nest: [OE] Etymologically, a nest is a place for ‘sitting down’. It is a very ancient word, and traces its history all the way back to Indo- European *nizdo-, a compound formed from *ni ‘down’ (source of English beneath and nether) and *sed- (ancestor of English sit). From it came English nest (a word shared by German and Dutch), and also Latin nīdus ‘nest’, source of Old French niche ‘nest’ – whence English niche [17]. Nestle [OE] was derived from nest.
=> beneath, nestle, nether, sit
nest (n.): Old English nest "bird"s nest, snug retreat," also "young bird, brood," from Proto-Germanic *nistaz (cognates: Middle Low German, Middle Dutch nest, German Nest), from PIE *nizdo- (cognates: Sanskrit nidah "resting place, nest," Latin nidus "nest," Old Church Slavonic gnezdo, Old Irish net, Welsh nyth, Breton nez "nest"), probably from *ni "down" + *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).

Used since Middle English in reference to various accumulations of things (such as a nest of drawers, early 18c.). Nest egg "retirement savings" is from 1700, originally "a real or artificial egg left in a nest to induce the hen to go on laying there" (c. 1600).
nest (v.): Old English nistan "to build nests," from Proto-Germanic *nistijanan, from the source of nest (n.). The modern verb is perhaps a new formation in Middle English from the noun. Related: Nested; nesting.

词态变化

复数 nests;
第三人称单数 nests;
过去式 nested;
过去分词 nested;
现在分词 nesting;

权威造句

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. 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。

3. The actual nest is a work of art.: 真实的鸟巢十分精致。

4. a bird"s nest with two eggs in it: 内有两只鸟蛋的鸟窝

5. a nest of thieves: 贼窝

近反义词

eyrie 鹰巢

aerie 高巢

roost 栖木

hutch （兔）笼

coop 笼子

pen 钢笔

flock 一群

covey 群

brothel 妓院

hotbed 温床

clutch 抓住

bordello 妓院

swarm 群

bevy 一群

den 兽穴

refuge 避难

aggregation 集合

series （单复同）系列...

haunt 常到的地方

asylum 收容所

retreat 撤退

lair (野兽的)巢穴...

congeries 聚集体

resort (度假)胜地

heap 堆

assemblage 聚集

residence 住宅

locate 找出

quarter 四分之一

bunch 串

shelter 避难所

nook 角落

nookery 舒适安稳的地方...

cluster 群

batch 一批

hide-out 隐藏处

breeding ground 滋生地

breeding 生养

ground 地面

snuggle 依偎

cuddle 怀抱

nestle 依偎

nuzzle 用鼻爱抚

相似短语

empty nest 空巢

mouse nest phr. 老鼠窝

sperm nest 精子窝，精子窝

tube nest (列管热交换器的)花板

nest building 营巢, 筑巢

nest level 【计】嵌套级

completely nest 完全嵌套

cuckoo in the nest 杜鹃本身是不筑巢的鸟，而且自己的蛋也不孵育的。都是把蛋下到别的鸟的窝里，等小杜鹃长大后就会把其他的鸟蛋或者幼鸟推出窝外。其实就是传说中的鹊巢鸠占了。所以人们就用cuckoo in the nest比

sleeper nest phr. 睡觉者的窝

spring nest 弹簧组

单词分析

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