| 单词 | nestling |
| 释义 | nestling (once / 2767 pages) n A nestling is a baby bird that can't fly yet and tends to hang out in its — yes, you guessed it — nest. Nestlings have to be fed and cared for by their parents. From the moment a baby bird hatches from its egg, it is a nestling — and it remains a nestling until it learns to fly, when it officially becomes a fledgling. Some people fondly refer to young children as nestlings too. This noun adds the diminutive ending -ling (as in gosling for baby goose) to nest. WORD FAMILYnestling: nestlings+/nestle: nestled, nestles, nestling USAGE EXAMPLESThis time, it opted instead to refurbish and expand its modernist campus, nestling the congregation’s future in the architecture of its past. Slate(Dec 30, 2016) All could be enjoyed while nestling in high-back bar stools of navy blue tufted velvet. New York Times(Oct 10, 2016) If all goes well, nestling turtles emerge from the sandy soil from late summer into autumn. New York Times(Jul 08, 2016) 1n young bird not yet fledged Syn|Hyper baby bird young bird a bird that is still young 2n a young person of either sex Syn|Hypo|Hyper child, fry, kid, minor, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster bairn a child: son or daughter bustera robust child changelinga child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder childa prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age foster child, foster-child, fosterlinga child who is raised by foster parents imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scampone who is playfully mischievous kiddya young child orphana child who has lost both parents peanuta young child who is small for his age poster childa child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes kindergartener, kindergartner, preschoolera child who attends a preschool or kindergarten sillya word used for misbehaving children sproga child bambino, toddler, tot, yearlinga young child urchinpoor and often mischievous city child street child, waifa homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned foster daughter, foster-daughtersomeone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth foster son, foster-sonsomeone who is raised as a son although not related by birth poster boya male poster child poster girla female poster child ragamuffin, tatterdemaliona dirty shabbily clothed urchin guttersnipe, street urchina child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas brat, holy terror, little terror, terrora very troublesome child juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed |
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