nest
noun /nest/
/nest/
Idioms - enlarge image[countable] a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young
鸟巢；鸟窝 - sparrows building a nest of twigs and dry grass
麻雀用树枝和干草筑巢
Topics Birdsc1- A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.
趁雌鸟不在巢里，一只老鼠把蛋偷走了。 - The female spends all her time on the nest.
雌鸟所有时间都在孵蛋。 - The litters of several different females often occupy the same nest.
多只雌鸟的幼鸟常会待在同一个巢里。 - The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.
雄鸟和雌鸟轮流坐窝。 - The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.
雄鸟用歌声吸引雌鸟到它的鸟巢附近。 - You should avoid disturbing the nest until after the eggs are hatched.
卵孵出之前，你不应该惊扰鸟巢。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ant’s
- bird’s
- wasp’s
- …
- build
- construct
- make
- …
- site
- hole
- box
- …
- away from a/the nest
- in a/the nest
- inside a/the nest
- …
- sparrows building a nest of twigs and dry grass
- [countable] a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young
巢穴；窝 - a wasps’ nest
黄蜂窝 - a nest of mice
一窝老鼠 - The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.
如果蛇在巢穴内被惊扰，它就会反击。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ant’s
- bird’s
- wasp’s
- …
- build
- construct
- make
- …
- site
- hole
- box
- …
- away from a/the nest
- in a/the nest
- inside a/the nest
- …
- a wasps’ nest
- [singular] 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
- a nest of thieves
- [singular] 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
- to leave the nest (= leave your parents’ home)
- enlarge image[countable, usually singular] 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
- a nest of tables
词源Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Latin nidus, from the Indo-European bases of nether (meaning ‘down’) and sit.
Idioms
feather your (own) nest
- to make yourself richer, especially at somebody else's expense, by spending money on yourself that should be spent on somebody/something else
中饱私囊
fly the nest
- (of a young bird
幼鸟 羽翼已丰可离巢 - (informal) (of somebody’s child
子女 另立门户 - Her children have flown the nest.
她的孩子们已经离家独立。
- Her children have flown the nest.
a hornets’ 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。
- His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' nest.
a mare’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 - This area of the law is a veritable mare’s nest.
这一法律领域复杂难料。
- This area of the law is a veritable mare’s nest.