nestling的意思

nestling

英式音标['nɛstlɪŋ]
美式英标['nes(t)lɪŋ]

基本解释

n. 婴儿；未离巢的雏鸟

v. 安顿下来；筑巢；把…安置于巢中（nestle的ing形式）

中文词源

nestling 雏鸟，幼鸟

nest,鸟巢，-ling,小词后缀。即还不能离巢的小鸟。

英文词源

nestling (n.): late 14c., "bird too young to leave the nest," from nest (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling.

实用例句

1. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.: 孩子们的家就在附近的山里。

2. Across hills and rivers , they walked more than two hundred kilometres and arrived at a little hamlet nestling in the green mountains.: 他们跋山涉水,步行二百余公里,来到了一个青山环抱的小村庄.

3. Someone was turning over papers , making a nestling noise.: 有谁在那里翻着什么纸张,悉悉窣窣的.

4. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.: 孩子们的家就在附近的山里。

5. I guessed they had a nestling.: 我猜到,是它们,有了雏儿.

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