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BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131

nest

noun
/nest/
/nest/
Idioms
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  1. [countable] a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young鸟巢;鸟窝
    • sparrows building a nest of twigs and dry grass麻雀用树枝和干草筑巢
    Extra Examples
    • A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.趁雌鸟不在巢里,一只老鼠把蛋偷走了。
    • The female spends all her time on the nest.雌鸟所有时间都在孵蛋。
    • The litters of several different females often occupy the same nest.多只雌鸟的幼鸟常会待在同一个巢里。
    • The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.雄鸟和雌鸟轮流坐窝。
    • The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.雄鸟用歌声吸引雌鸟到它的鸟巢附近。
    • You should avoid disturbing the nest until after the eggs are hatched.卵孵出之前,你不应该惊扰鸟巢。
    Topics Birdsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ant’s
    • bird’s
    • wasp’s
    verb + nest
    • build
    • construct
    • make
    nest + noun
    • site
    • hole
    • box
    preposition
    • away from a/​the nest
    • in a/​the nest
    • inside a/​the nest
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  2. [countable] a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young巢穴;窝
    • a wasps’ nest黄蜂窝
    • a nest of mice一窝老鼠
    • The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.如果蛇在巢穴内被惊扰,它就会反击。
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ant’s
    • bird’s
    • wasp’s
    verb + nest
    • build
    • construct
    • make
    nest + noun
    • site
    • hole
    • box
    preposition
    • away from a/​the nest
    • in a/​the nest
    • inside a/​the nest
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  3. [singular] a secret place which is full of bad people and their activities藏匿处;秘密窝点
    • a nest of thieves贼窝
  4. [singular] the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children家;安乐窝
    • to leave the nest (= leave your parents’ home)离开父母过独立生活
    see also empty nest
  5. [countable, usually singular] a group or set of similar things that are made to fit inside each other(套叠在一起的)一套物件
    • a nest of tables一套桌子
  6. Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Latin nidus, from the Indo-European bases of nether (meaning ‘down’) and sit.
Idioms
feather your (own) nest
  1. to make yourself richer, especially at somebody else's expense, by spending money on yourself that should be spent on somebody/something else中饱私囊
fly the nest
  1. (of a young bird幼鸟) to become able to fly and leave its nest羽翼已丰可离巢
  2. (informal) (of somebody’s child子女) to leave home and live somewhere else另立门户
    • Her children have flown the nest.她的孩子们已经离家独立。
a hornets’ nest
  1. a difficult situation in which a lot of people get very angry引起公愤的状况;困境
    • His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' nest.他给报界写的信着实引发了众怒。
a mare’s nest
  1. a discovery that seems interesting but is found to have no value(看似有趣但)毫无价值的发现
  2. a very complicated situation复杂的形势;变幻莫测的局势
    • This area of the law is a veritable mare’s nest.这一法律领域复杂难料。

nest

verb
/nest/
/nest/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they nest
/nest/
/nest/
he / she / it nests
/nests/
/nests/
past simple nested
/ˈnestɪd/
/ˈnestɪd/
past participle nested
/ˈnestɪd/
/ˈnestɪd/
-ing form nesting
/ˈnestɪŋ/
/ˈnestɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to make and use a nest筑巢;巢居
    • Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.成千上万的海鸟在悬崖上筑巢。
    Topics Birdsc1
  2. [transitive] nest something (specialist) to put types of information together, or inside each other, so that they form a single unit嵌套(信息)
  3. Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Latin nidus, from the Indo-European bases of nether (meaning ‘down’) and sit.
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + NEST | NEST + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEant's, bird's, wasp's, etc.蟻穴、鳥巢、黃蜂窩等VERB + NESTbuild, construct, make建巢;壘巢;築巢sit on坐窩The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.雄鳥和雌鳥輪流坐窩。occupy佔據巢穴The litters of several different females often occupy the same nest.多隻雌鳥的幼鳥常會待在同一個巢裏。abandon, desert, fly, leave棄巢;離家獨立;離開安樂窩Her children have flown the nest. (figurative) 她的孩子們已經離家獨立。defend, guard保護/守衞巢穴disturb驚擾巢穴You should avoid disturbing the nest until after the eggs are hatched.卵孵出之前,你不應該驚擾鳥巢。destroy搗毀巢穴find, locate發現/找到巢穴NEST + NOUNsite巢;窩The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.雄鳥用歌聲吸引雌鳥到它的鳥巢附近。hole巢穴box (usually nesting box in BrE) 巢箱mate同棲一巢的伴侶PREPOSITIONaway from a/the nest不在巢裏A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.趁雌鳥不在巢裏,一隻老鼠把蛋偷走了。in a/the nest, inside a/the nest在巢穴內The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.如果蛇在巢穴內被驚擾,它就會反擊。on a/the nest在孵蛋The female spends all her time on the nest.雌鳥所有時間都在孵蛋。
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest
Birds' nests and perches: aerie, eyrie, nest...
The homes of wild animals: bedding, burrow, den...
Insect habitats: anthill, cobweb, comb...
Collections, stores and sets of things: agglomeration, arsenal, assemblage...
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