nestling
英 ['nes(t)lɪŋ]
美 ['nɛstlɪŋ]
- n. 嬰兒；未離巢的雛鳥
- v. 安頓下來；築巢；把…安置於巢中（nestle的ing形式）
中文詞源
nestling 雛鳥，幼鳥nest,鳥巢，-ling,小詞後綴。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.
雙語例句
- 1. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
- 孩子們的家就在附近的山裏。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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,步行二百餘公裏,來到了一個青山環抱的小村莊.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Someone was turning over papers , making a nestling noise.
- 有誰在那裏翻著什麽紙張,悉悉窣窣的.
來自漢英文學 - 中國現代小說
- 4. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
- 孩子們的家就在附近的山裏。
來自辭典例句
- 5. I guessed they had a nestling.
- 我猜到,是它們,有了雛兒.
來自漢英文學 - 現代散文