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nestling

英 [ˈneslɪŋ , ˈnestlɪŋ]

美 [ˈneslɪŋ , ˈnestlɪŋ]

n.  雏鸟; 未离巢的小鸟
v.  依偎; 舒适地坐(或卧); 抱; 安置; 位处,坐落(于安全、隐蔽之处)
nestle的现在分词

复数:nestlings 

GRE

BNC.42037 / COCA.32342

牛津词典

    noun

    • 雏鸟;未离巢的小鸟
      a bird that is too young to leave the nest

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT 雏鸟;幼鸟
        Anestlingis a young bird that has not yet learned to fly.
        1. She fluttered around me like a mother bird at her nestlings.
          她在我周围忙来忙去,像鸟妈妈对鸟宝宝一样。
        2. ...nestling cuckoos.
          小布谷鸟们

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • This heartwarming photograph, of an eight-day-old baby nestling in for a sleep with four five-week-old puppies, was five hours in the making.
        这张温馨的照片是一个八天大的婴儿与四只五周大的小狗一起睡觉的照片,拍摄共花了五个小时。
      • Without their services, the mail may never reach many remote villages and hamlets, perched atop ridges or nestling at the edge of icy brooks.
        没有他们的服务,信件可能永远都无法到达许多坐落在山脊上或位于冰冻的小溪边的那些偏远村庄和部落。
      • I took off mother's glasses holding in hand, nestling face to mother's icy cheek, my tears run down as rain.
        我把母亲的眼镜摘下来握在手中,将脸贴在母亲冰冷的脸颊,我泪如雨下。
      • Mementoes on 4 Years of Excursions for Drawing Ancient Mei Trees across China; Across hills and rivers, they walked more than two hundred kilometres and arrived at a little hamlet nestling in the green mountains.
        两万里路风和雪跋山涉水绘古梅他们跋山涉水,步行二百余公里,来到了一个青山环抱的小村庄。
      • Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home
        孩子们的家就在附近的山里。
      • At this age, they should be studying and nestling in the arms of their parents.
        这个年龄的孩子,应该还在学校读书,应该还在父母的怀里撒娇。
      • 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。
      • An unfledged or nestling hawk.
        羽毛未丰或未离巢的鹰。
      • And ever and again, her wandering glance reverted to the frail atom of humanity nestling by her side.
        她一次又一次地回过头来看着蜷缩在身边的那个脆弱的小生命。
      • Typical for rural Iceland are the isolated valley farms nestling against mountains.
        依山坐落、孤立的山谷农庄是冰岛农村的一个特色。