搜尋結果
nest
- IPA[nest]
美式
- a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young;a place where an insect or other animal breeds or shelters
- (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest;fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one
verb: nest, 3rd person present: nests, gerund or present participle: nesting, past tense: nested, past participle: nested
noun: nest, plural noun: nests
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young two sparrows frantically building a nest a nest site 同義詞
- ▪ a place where an insect or other animal breeds or shelters an ants' nest 同義詞
- ▪ a bowl-shaped object likened to a bird's nest arrange in nests of lettuce leaves
- ▪ a person's snug or secluded retreat or shelter I'm off to my cozy nest 同義詞
- 2. a place filled with or frequented by undesirable people or things a nest of spies 同義詞
- 3. a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, made so that each smaller one fits into the next in size for storage a nest of tables 同義詞
動詞
- 1. (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest the owls often nest in barns
- 2. fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one the town is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano
- ▪ (of a set of objects) fit inside one another Russian dolls that nest inside one another
- ▪ (especially in computing and linguistics) place (an object or element) in a hierarchical arrangement, typically in a subordinate position.