nesting
- v.嵌套(信息);筑巢;巢居
- n.布置当前环境事务的趋向
- nest的现在分词
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N-COUNT (鸟)巢;(鸟)窝
A bird's nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。
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VERB (鸟类)筑巢，做窝
When a bird nests somewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
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N-COUNT (昆虫或动物的)巢，穴
A nest is a home that a group of insects or other creatures make in order to live in and give birth to their young in.Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
一些独居蜂会把巢筑在田间的地洞里。
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N-COUNT 安乐窝;安适的地方
You can refer to a place as your nest when it is your home or where you feel comfortable and relaxed.My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House...
我夫人像是要把奥斯本庄园变成自己的安乐窝。
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N-COUNT 老巢;窟;秘密窝点;(贼窟中的)一帮
You can use nest to refer to a place where something bad is being done or to the people there who are doing it....Biarritz, notorious in those days as a nest of spies...
比亚里茨，那时候出了名的间谍老巢
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See also:crow's nest;love nest -
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PHRASE 营私;自肥
If you say that someone is feathering their nest, you mean that they are getting a lot of money out of something, so that they can lead a comfortable life.Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.
相比追逐私利，玛丽更乐意帮助他人。
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PHRASE 自立门户;独立生活
When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.
孩子们独立生活后，他和妻子搬到多塞特的茅草屋去住了。
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a hornet's nest→ see:hornet
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The forest 's dense growth provides nesting places for a wide variety of birds .
森林里茂密的植物为各种各样的鸟儿提供了筑巢的地方。
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Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs .
成千上万的海鸟在悬崖上筑巢。
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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。
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The owl seems to have deserted its nest .
这只猫头鹰似乎不要这个窝了。
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The actual nest is a work of art .
真实的鸟巢十分精致。
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Some species may nest in close proximity to each other .
一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
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The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind .
窝里有8只还没长毛、眼睛尚未睁开的小老鼠。
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I can see an eagle 's nest on the rocks .
我能看到岩石上的鹰巢。
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My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House
我夫人像是要把奥斯本庄园变成自己的安乐窝。
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They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day .
他们把一小笔钱存在了什么地方，以备不时之需。
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As soon as the two chicks hatch , they leave the nest burrow
两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。
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Inspecting the nest may require some ingenuity .
探查鸟巢是需要些技巧的。
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Mary 's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest .
相比追逐私利，玛丽更乐意帮助他人。
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The baby had been asleep in her nest of pink and white blankets .
婴儿睡在粉色和白色毛毯铺成的小窝里。
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A lone mother Canada goose honked a warning to stay away from her nest .
一只孤独无伴的雌性加拿大黑雁鸣叫了一声，警告别人不要靠近它的巢。
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He had a rapacious appetite for bird 's nest soup .
他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。
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Are you telling me that you 've got your own little nest of informers in the Police Department ?
你是说你在警察局有一帮通风报信的？
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When their children had flown the nest , he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset .
孩子们独立生活后，他和妻子搬到多塞特的茅草屋去住了。
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When a bird 's nest is overturned , no egg can remain intact .
覆巢之下无完卵。
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The robins occupied their former nest .
那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。
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The eagle does not prey on its own nest . ; It isn 't advisable to harm one 's next-door neighbours . ; The eagle never hunts near his own nest .
老鹰不吃窝下草。
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And this is in fact an ideal nesting site .
而这处原是燕鸥的理想营巢地点。
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The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house .
燕子正在我们的屋檐下筑巢。
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The crow contested one another for nesting territory .
乌鸦互相争夺筑巢之地。
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A bird made a nest in the disused tractor .
一只鸟在废弃的拖拉机上做了个窝。
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Most birds nest in a tree .
多数鸟在树上筑巢。
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The bird has returned to the nest .
小鸟回巢了。
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The bottom of the nest is laid with feathers and hairs .
巢的底部是用羽毛和毛发铺成的。
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The bird seized the insect and bore it off to its nest .
那只鸟捕捉到了一只昆虫并把它叼到了鸟巢里。
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The swallows have built a nest under the eaves .
燕子在房檐下做了个窝。