nestling
英 ['nes(t)l??]
美['n?stl??]
- n. 嬰兒；未離巢的雛鳥
- v. 安頓下來(lái)；筑巢；把…安置于巢中（nestle的ing形式）
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中文詞源
nestling 雛鳥，幼鳥
nest,鳥巢，-ling,小詞后綴。即還不能離巢的小鳥。
英文詞源
- nestling (n.)
- late 14c., "bird too young to leave the nest," from nest (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
- 孩子們的家就在附近的山里。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Across hills and rivers , they walked more than two hundred kilometres and arrived at a little hamlet nestling in the green mountains.
- 他們跋山涉水,步行二百余公里,來(lái)到了一個(gè)青山環(huán)抱的小村莊.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Someone was turning over papers , making a nestling noise.
- 有誰(shuí)在那里翻著什么紙張,悉悉窣窣的.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 中國(guó)現(xiàn)代小說(shuō)
- 4. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
- 孩子們的家就在附近的山里。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. I guessed they had a nestling.
- 我猜到,是它們,有了雛兒.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 現(xiàn)代散文