nest

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Related topics: Birds, Insects, Animals

nest1 /nest/ noun [countableC]

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.

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