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(a) place or structure chosen or made by a bird for laying its eggs and sheltering its young (鳥的)窩, 巢
sparrows building a nest of straw and twigs 用乾草和樹枝筑窩的麻雀.
(b) place where certain other creatures live, or produce and keep their young (其他一些生物的)窩, 巢, 穴
an ants' nest 蟻穴 * a wasps' nest 黃蜂巢.
2 snug, comfortable or sheltered place 安樂、 舒適或隱蔽之處; 安樂窩
make oneself a nest of cushions 用墊子給自己做個安樂窩.
3 secret or protected place, esp for criminals and their activities 藏匿處; 庇護所(尤指供罪犯用的): a nest of thieves 賊窟
a nest of vice, crime, etc 罪惡等的淵藪.
4 group or set of similar things of different sizes made to fit inside each other (大小不等, 可以套放在一起的)一組或一套相似物件
a nest of boxes/tables/bowls 一套盒子[桌子/盆].
5 site where guns, etc are placed (槍炮的)掩體
a machine-gun nest 機關槍掩體.
6 (idm 習語) feather one's nest => feather2. foul one's nest => foul2. a hornet's nest => hornet. a mare's nest => mare1. nest, v [I]
1 make and use a nest 做窩; 筑巢
nesting robins 正在筑巢的鴝鳥
Swallows are nesting in the garage. 燕子正在汽車房做窩.
2 (usu 通常作 go nesting) search for the nests of wild birds and take the eggs 尋鳥窩(尋找野鳥的窩掏鳥蛋).