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
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.- 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。 - ...nestling cuckoos.
小布谷鸟们
- She fluttered around me like a mother bird at her nestlings.
英英释义
noun
- young bird not yet fledged
- a young person of either sex
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
双语例句
- Are there no rosy sunsets today and no rainbows and no haze nestling over villages, and are there no falling cataracts and gurgling streams and shady trees?
落日的余晖、虹影和轻雾,今日不再笼罩在村落上了吗?世界上不再有直泻的瀑布、潺潺的流水,和多荫的树木了吗? - An unfledged or nestling hawk.
羽毛未丰或未离巢的鹰。 - The baby cried out in its dream, nestling close to its mother.
婴儿在梦中哭了,挨向他的母亲。 - An unfledged or nestling hawk. It is a bird in full feather.
羽毛未丰或未离巢的鹰。它是一只羽毛丰满的鸟。 - You will be attached to the feeling of nestling up to your lover;
你将眷恋那份被你爱人关注的感觉; - 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。 - The house was detached but had other houses nestling against it on both sides.
这幢房子是独立的,但有其他的房子坐落在它两边。 - One feels good nestling like a baby on its breast.
一个人象婴孩那样地偎依在它的怀中时,是觉得很舒服的。 - 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 have travelled a great deal and seen great sights, but none more charming than this tiny village cheerfully nestling at the foot of the hill which shelters it.
我旅行过不少地方,看见过很多壮丽的景色,但是没有看到过比这个恬静地坐落在山脚下的小乡村更优美的地方了。