| 释义 |
nest /nest/ noun- A structure prepared by animals for egg-laying, brooding and nursing, or as a shelter
- A place of retreat, resort, residence, or lodgement
- A den
- A comfortable residence
- An edible receptacle in which food is served, such as a meringue nest
- A group of machine-guns in a position fortified or screened by sandbags or anything similar
- A place where anything (esp anything undesirable) teems, prevails or is fostered
- The occupants of a nest, eg a brood, a swarm, a gang, etc
- A set of things (eg boxes or tables) fitting one within another
- A set of buildings, eg factories, divided into blocks and units
- An accumulation
- A tangled mass
intransitive verb- To build or occupy a nest
- To go bird-nesting
transitive verb and intransitive verb- To lodge or settle
- To fit or place together or within another
transitive verb- To group (words derived from the same root) together under one headword in a dictionary
- To embed (a subroutine or block of data) within a larger one (computing)
ORIGIN: OE nest; Ger Nest, L nīdus nestˈer noun - Someone who builds a farm or homestead on land used for grazing cattle (US historical; derogatory)
- A creature that builds a nest
nestˈful noun nestˈing noun nestˈlike adjective nest box or nesting box noun A box set up for birds to nest in nest egg noun - An egg, real or sham, left or put in a nest to encourage laying
- Something laid up as the beginning of an accumulation
- Money saved
nestˈing-place noun feather one's nest see under feather |