| 单词 | nest |
| 释义 | nounverb🔑 nestBrE /nest/ NAmE /nest/ noun 🔑 [C ]a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young 鸟巢；鸟窝🔑 [C ]a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young 巢穴；窝[sing. ]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[sing. ]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[C , usually sing. ]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 ● feather your (own ) ˈnest to make yourself richer , especially by spending money on yourself that should be spent on sth else 中饱私囊● ˌfly the ˈnest (of a young bird 幼鸟) to become able to fly and leave its nest 羽翼已丰可离巢(informal ) (of sb's child 子女) to leave home and live somewhere else 另立门户● a ˈhornets' nest 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 ˈmare's nest a discovery that seems interesting but is found to have no value （看似有趣但）毫无价值的发现a very complicated situation 复杂的形势；变幻莫测的局势🔑 nestBrE /nest/ NAmE /nest/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they nest BrE /nest/ NAmE /nest/ present simple - he / she / it nests BrE /nests/ NAmE /nests/ past simple nested BrE /ˈnestɪd/ NAmE /ˈnestɪd/ past participle nested BrE /ˈnestɪd/ NAmE /ˈnestɪd/ -ing form nesting BrE /ˈnestɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈnestɪŋ/ [I ]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。[T ]~sth (specialist ) to put types of information together , or inside each other , so that they form a single unit 嵌套（信息） |
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