Word · Frequency #3867
nest
巢；窝
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- 1.
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
鸟类为孵卵和育雏而建造的结构。
- 2.
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
巢；窝
- 3.
A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
单孔类动物、鱼类、两栖动物或昆虫用于产卵和孵化的地方。
- 4.
a kind of gun emplacement
机枪阵地
- 5.
A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
舒适、温馨的住所或工作环境。
- 6.
a cosy or secluded retreat
舒适的隐蔽处
- 7.
A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
隐居处或常去的地方。
- 8.
A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
坏人常去或出没的藏身处；巢穴。
- 9.
A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
孩子或年轻成年人与父母或监护人共同居住的家。
- 10.
A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
某些竞拍游戏中固定数量的牌,给予最高出价者,允许其与手牌交换任意或全部牌。
- 11.
A fortified position for a weapon.
武器的防御工事位置。
- 12.
A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
由嵌套结构组成的一种结构,如嵌套循环或嵌套子程序调用。
- 13.
A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
用于放置其他食物的圆形面食、米饭等。
- 14.
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
岩石中任何矿石或矿物的孤立聚集块。
- 15.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
一组大小渐次、可依次套入的盒子、箱子等。
- 16.
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
一起工作或协作的紧凑型滑轮组、齿轮组、弹簧组等。
鸟类为孵卵和育雏而建造的结构。；单孔类动物、鱼类、两栖动物或昆虫用于产卵和孵化的地方。；机枪阵地；舒适、温馨的住所或工作环境。；舒适的隐蔽处
In use
The bird built its nest in the tree outside my window.
We found a nest of baby mice in the shed.
The robin is sitting on her nest full of blue eggs.
a machine-gun nest
a nest of snipers
build a nest
常用于鸟类建造巢穴。
The bird built a nest in the tree.
那只鸟在树上筑了一个巢。
leave the nest
也比喻孩子离家独立生活。
The young eagles left the nest last week.
小鹰上周离巢了。
Connections
Collocations
- build a nest
- 筑巢
- Birds build their nests in trees.鸟儿在树上筑巢。
- leave the nest
- 离巢
- The young eagles are ready to leave the nest.小鹰准备离巢了。
- empty nest
- 空巢
- After her children left for college, she felt the empty nest.孩子们去上大学后，她感到空巢。
- nest egg
- 储蓄金
- They saved a nest egg for retirement.他们为退休存了一笔储蓄金。
- nesting season
- 筑巢季节
- Spring is the nesting season for many birds.春天是许多鸟类的筑巢季节。
- nest in
- 在…筑巢
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆 'nest'：小鸟在枝头筑巢，'n' 像巢口，'est' 像树枝，巢就是 nest。
Context & Register
中性语域；常用于描述鸟类或动物的巢穴，也可比喻为隐蔽处或安全所。
Grammar Note
注意：nest是可数名词，常用复数形式nests。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the /ɛst/ ending and rhyme with nest. Be careful: words like 'next' (/nɛkst/) look similar but do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.