搜尋結果
nest
- IPA[nɛst]
英式
- 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
- ▪ 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
- 2. a place filled with undesirable people, activities, 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 lower position in a hierarchy.