释义 |
ˈnestful [f. nest n. + -ful.] The quantity (of eggs or young) that a nest can contain.
1598Florio, Nidiata, a nestfull, a couie. 1611Cotgr., Nyaïe, an Airie, or neastful of. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets (1863) 100 The swallows had time to hatch two nestfulls in a chimney. 1885Forbes Nat. Wand. E. Archip. 72, I stumbled on a nestful of six fledglings. |