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BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131

nest

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Related topics: Birds, Insects, Animals
nest1 /nest/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  nest.jpg HBBbirds 鸟 a place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to live in 鸟巢，鸟窝
 a bird’s nest
鸟窝
 In May the females build a nest and lay their eggs.
雌鸟在5月份筑巢产蛋。
 Young eagles leave the nest after only two months.
雏鹰仅仅两个月以后就会飞离鸟巢。
→5  See picture of NEST 鸟巢 →4  See picture of 见图 nest
2  HBIHBAinsects/animals 昆虫/动物 a place where insects or small animals live 窝，穴
 a field mouse’s nest
田鼠穴
3  leave/fly the nest to leave your parents’ home and start living somewhere else when you are an adult 搬出父母家，离家独立
 Both daughters were ready to fly the nest.
两个女儿都准备好离家独立生活。
Examples from the Corpus
leave/fly the nest• It is so rarely when all the fledglings have left the nest, to have them all together again.• When the host leaves the nest, the cuckoo makes its approach in a long, silent hawk-like glide.• Barn owls leave the nest at two to three months and are sexually mature at one year.• She usually builds on the shores of an estuary and there she sits devotedly, seldom leaving the nest.• Once deposited, she leaves the nest and he immediately fertilizes the eggs.• Unfortunately for her, the host bird showed no inclination to leave the nest.• After about three weeks, the young cuckoo is ready to leave the nest.• If, however, the host appears reluctant to leave the nest, the cuckoo has a more direct approach.
4. nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEa place where people are secretly doing a lot of illegal or dishonest things 间谍/窃贼的巢穴/阴谋诡计的策源地等
Examples from the Corpus
nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc• Perhaps we're in the middle of a nest of spies whom Meredith-Lee was about to unmask.• Neville Chamberlain wrote that the Cabinet was a nest of intrigue, which was, considering everything, an understatement.
5. nest of tables/boxes etc a set of tables etc that fit inside each other 〔可依大小套放的〕一套桌子/盒子等
Examples from the Corpus
nest of tables/boxes etc• The Anglo-Nubians posed like a nest of tables by the ropes.• Charles Forster, prosecuting, said Ganguly had stolen a nest of tables and was seen by police.
→ feather your nest at feather2(1), → mare’s nest at mare(2), → love nest
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
build/make a nest
Swallows build their nests out of mud.
leave the nest
Barn owls leave the nest at two to three months.
types of nest
a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest
an abandoned bird's nest
a wasps'/hornets' nest
a wasps' nest in the attic
an ants' nest
a red ants' nest
Examples from the Corpus
nest• About as pleasant to come across as a nest of vipers.• I checked the old abandoned nest.• Several butterfly species live out their caterpillar stage inside an ants' nest.• Then ants would crawl through the cracks in the floor and build a big nest in the middle of the bedroom.• Individuals could invest in stocks and bonds themselves, creating their own retirement nest eggs.• Villages are unspoilt, usually built around a medieval church with a stork's nest on top.• The female sits inside the nest while the male goes off collecting nest material.• For as long as they had known each other it had been their nest, their retreat, their beautiful private world.
bird’s nest• My hair comes out like a bird's nest and my eyes look slitty.• We are in the kitchen, sitting by a fire made from damp driftwood and bits of abandoned bird's nest.
Related topics: Birds, Computers
nest2 verb  
1  HBB[intransitiveI] to build or use a nest 筑巢；巢居
 They say eagles used to nest in those rocks.
他们说以前常有老鹰在那些岩石中筑巢。
2  [transitiveT] to organize information, especially in a computer program, so that some of the information is recognized as separate but is included or contained in a larger part of the information 〔尤在计算机程序中〕嵌入〔信息〕
 Phrases are nested in the dictionary entry for the first major word.
短语按第一主词排入词典词条中。
Examples from the Corpus
nest• Such strong-winged birds as pigeons and hawks stray north in considerable variety, and some of these remain to nest.• The rectory was a dour red brick house with ivy-clad walls where birds would soon be nesting.• The birds stop briefly to nest and feed.• In summer petrels nest in crevices in the rocks, and colonies of penguins breed on nearby islands.• There is no evidence that this species has ever nested in Sussex.• The starlings have gone to nest in the hot-air ducts of a concrete and glass mountain in the city centre.• I wondered if the kingfisher still nested in the sandy banks there.• Cactus wrens and Inca doves nest in thick tangles of mesquite.
Origin nest1
Old English
nest1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1nest2 verb
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BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + NEST | NEST + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤ant's, bird's, wasp's, etc.蟻穴、鳥巢、黃蜂窩等VERB + NEST➤build, construct, make建巢；壘巢；築巢➤sit on坐窩◇The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.雄鳥和雌鳥輪流坐窩。➤occupy佔據巢穴◇The litters of several different females often occupy the same nest.多隻雌鳥的幼鳥常會待在同一個巢裏。➤abandon, desert, fly, leave棄巢；離家獨立；離開安樂窩◇Her children have flown the nest. (figurative) 她的孩子們已經離家獨立。➤defend, guard保護／守衞巢穴➤disturb驚擾巢穴◇You should avoid disturbing the nest until after the eggs are hatched.卵孵出之前，你不應該驚擾鳥巢。➤destroy搗毀巢穴➤find, locate發現／找到巢穴NEST + NOUN➤site巢；窩◇The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.雄鳥用歌聲吸引雌鳥到它的鳥巢附近。➤hole巢穴➤box (usually nesting box in BrE) 巢箱➤mate同棲一巢的伴侶PREPOSITION➤away from a/the nest不在巢裏◇A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.趁雌鳥不在巢裏，一隻老鼠把蛋偷走了。➤in a/the nest, inside a/the nest在巢穴內◇The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.如果蛇在巢穴內被驚擾，它就會反擊。➤on a/the nest在孵蛋◇The female spends all her time on the nest.雌鳥所有時間都在孵蛋。
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
BNC: 3867 COCA: 4131
nest
Birds' nests and perches: aerie, eyrie, nest...
The homes of wild animals: bedding, burrow, den...
Insect habitats: anthill, cobweb, comb...
Places to hide and places to hide things: hiding place, hideaway, retreat...
Collections, stores and sets of things: agglomeration, arsenal, assemblage...
Places of a particular type: a den of iniquity/vice, a happy/favourite hunting ground, anchorage...
Bird behaviour: alight, beat, be on the wing...
To create order in a system or activity: structure, reorganize, prioritize...
To use or program a computer: access, archive, back up...

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