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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   nest

   • IPA[nest]

   美式

   • 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

   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, aerie, 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
   • ▪ 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 hideaway, hiding place, hideout, retreat, shelter, ... 更多refuge, snuggery, nook, den, haunt, informalhidey-hole
   • 2. a place filled with or frequented by undesirable people 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 hierarchical arrangement, typically in a subordinate position.