| 单词 | nest |
| 释义 | nest (nest ) Word forms: nests , nesting , nested 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] 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. [+ on] Synonyms: roost, eyrie 2. verb 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. [VERB] ...nesting sites. [VERB-ing] 3. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] 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. [+ in] ...a rat's nest. 4. countable noun [usually with poss] You can refer to a place as your nest when it is your home or where you feel comfortable and relaxed. Your house is your nest, your sanctuary. The baby had been asleep in her nest of pink and white blankets. 5. countable noun [NOUN of noun] You can use nest to refer to a place where something bad is being done or to the people there who are doing it. Are you telling me that you've got your own little nest of informers in the Police Department? Synonyms: hotbed, den, breeding-ground 6. See also crow's nest, love nest 7. to feather one's nest phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] 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. 8. fly the nest phrase When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own. When their children had flown the nest, they moved to a cottage in Dorset. 9. a hornet's nest phrase If you say that someone has stirred up a hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble. Idioms: stir up a hornet's nest to do something which causes a lot of controversy or produces a situation which is extremely difficult to deal with According to my brother Paul, this Lonnie Norton was asking a lot of questions and stirring up a hornet's nest around town. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers feather your nest to take advantage of your position in order to get a lot of money, so that you can lead a comfortable life The politicians seem anxious to feather their nests at the expense of the people. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fly the nest or leave the nest to leave your parents' home to live on your own When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers foul your own nest [literary] to do something which damages your own interests or chances of success Man has invented a hundred brilliant ways of fouling his own nest – the pollution, the heat, the poisons in the air, the metals in the water. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a nest egg a sum of money that you are saving for a particular purpose All he wanted was a few months decent money to help him retire. He thought this was his last chance to build a nest egg. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: nest site I went to visit him at a different nest site: a des res set back from the water in a stag-headed oak. Times, Sunday Times A pair will sometimes engage in acrobatics over their nest site, turning on their back and tumbling crazily through the air. Times, Sunday Times The sparrowhawk will have planned its nest site with this in mind and perhaps not feeding birds over the summer would do wildlife a favour. Times, Sunday Times This pair seemed tardy as many ravens will be on eggs by now - perhaps young birds that were late finding a suitable nest site? Times,Sunday Times The wheezing, clanking song frequently comes down from a television aerial near their future nest site under a roof. Times, Sunday Times I knew the island was a major nesting ground for seabirds, but that doesn't convey the sheer density of the avian presence. Times, Sunday Times Waste cotton and pecan material used to provide a nesting ground for bugs that would destroy the new crops in the spring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This pattern continued until, by 1911, the refuge served as the summer nesting ground for an estimated 100,000 egrets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the authors were unable to determine what specific factors shaped nesting ground choice in the formation's hadrosaurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The trees provide a feeding and nesting ground for many birds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They simply felt that they ought to be there to protect their nest egg. Times, Sunday Times House sparrows breed in close colonies, and do not hold large individual territories, but they protect their nest sites determinedly from other sparrows that would like to seize them. Times, Sunday Times Formerly this was allowed except for occasional summer closures to protect the nest sites of rare shorebirds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Birds operate a 'neighbourhood watch' scheme to protect their nests from cuckoos. Times, Sunday Times More complex forms of group behavior involve individuals sacrificing personal fitness on behalf of other members of the group, as when a sterile soldier termite self-sacrifices to protect the nest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Underground nest are usually built in dry and sunny sand habitats with scarce vegetation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Females usually produce between two and eight young per litter and care for the young in an underground nest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Underground nests were disturbed by builders working on a new wing. The Sun Subterranean worker termites forage for cellulose food sources 24 hours a day, ranging abroad from their underground nest, or colony, through tunnels in the soil up to 350 feet long. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sea turtle hatchings emerge from underground nests and crawl across the beach towards the sea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 巢, 筑巢 Japanese: 巣, 巣を作る |
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