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1. Oxford Dictionary

   nest

   • IPA[nɛst]

   英式

   • n.
     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
   • v.
     (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

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   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 roost, eyrie, nest box, nesting box, birdhouse
   • ▪ a place where an insect or other animal breeds or shelters an ants' nest 同義詞 lair, den, drey, lodge, burrow, ... 更多set, form
   • ▪ something in the form of a bowl or layer, used to hold, protect, or support something potato nests filled with okra
   • ▪ a person's snug or secluded retreat I'm off to my cosy nest 同義詞 hideaway, hiding place, hideout, retreat, shelter, ... 更多refuge, snuggery, nook, den, haunt, informalhidey-hole
   • 2. a place filled with undesirable people, activities, or things a nest of spies 同義詞 hotbed, den, breeding ground, cradle, seedbed, ... 更多forcing house
   • 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 cluster, set, group, assemblage

   v.

   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 lower position in a hierarchy.

   nested

   • adj.
     (of similar objects of graduated sizes) placed or stored one inside the other: a set of three nested tables

   Oxford American Dictionary

   nested

   • adj.
     (of similar objects of graduated sizes) placed or stored one inside the other: a set of three nested tables

   Oxford Dictionary

   nest egg

   • n.
     a sum of money saved for the future: I worked hard to build up a nice little nest egg

   Oxford American Dictionary

   nest egg

   • n.
     a sum of money saved for the future: I worked hard to build up a nice little nest egg

   Oxford Dictionary

   nest box

   • n.
     a box provided for a bird to make its nest in.

   Oxford Dictionary

   empty nest

   • n.
     a household consisting only of a parent or parents whose children have grown up and left home: her only daughter is about to go to college and she is dreading an empty nest

   Oxford American Dictionary

   language nest

   • n.
     a preschool where lessons are conducted in Maori: the language is strengthened through language nests and homework centres

   Oxford Dictionary

   love nest

   • n.
     a place where two lovers spend time together, especially in secret: he set up his mistress in a luxury love nest

   Oxford American Dictionary

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3. • 更多解釋

   nest

   • IPA[nest]

   美式

   • n.
     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
   • v.
     (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest: the owls often nest in barns

   Oxford American Dictionary