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

• young bird not yet fledged
  Synonym:baby bird
• a young person of either sex
  1. she writes books for children
  2. they're just kids
  3. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
  Synonym:childkidyoungsterminorshavernippersmall frytiddlertiketykefry

双语例句

• 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。
• Nestling birds is an altrices, compared to the ibis, the yellow-billed stork has a lot of specificity in the growth and development which close to the storks.
  雏鸟属晚成鸟，但与鹮类相比，在生长发育上有特异性，更接近于鹳。
• The sere vines, the old trees, and nestling crows.
  枯藤、老树和正在安顿下来的乌鸦。
• 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。
• 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。
• When the researchers broadcast a foreign nestling call at the nests, both the female and male adult birds refused to feed the chicks.
  当研究人员在鸟巢内播放其他鸟巢的雏鸟叫声，雌性和雄性鸟都拒绝给雏鸟喂食。
• The nestling of pond heron possessed larger speed than the one of little egret in the growth of the weight, length and the different segments of body.
  在体重、体长和相应的各部位比较中，池鹭比白鹭具备更大的生长速度。
• As long as they are nestling comfortably under the US security umbrella, Europeans will continue to inhabit a postmodern Utopia in which the only thing to do with defence spending is to cut it and the only power worth talking about is of a distinctly soft variety.
  只要欧洲人安逸地躲在美国的安全保护伞之下，就会继续活在自己的后现代乌托邦里，对国防开支的唯一做法就是削减，唯一值得谈论的实力是绝对的软实力。
• 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。
• Suddenly, as if awakened by some prompting, I rushed to a small room there that was forsaken and used as a storeroom for odds and ends. I pushed the door open and, as I expected, found him nestling in the dusty sundries.
  我恍然大悟似的，便跑向少有人去的一间堆积杂物的小屋去，推开门，果然就在尘封的什物堆中发现了他。