nestling


n. 婴儿;未离巢的雏鸟

v. 安顿下来;筑巢;把…安置于巢中(nestle的ing形式)

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中文词源

nestling 雏鸟,幼鸟

nest,鸟巢,-ling,小词后缀。即还不能离巢的小鸟。

英文词源

nestling (n.)
late 14c., "bird too young to leave the nest," from nest (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling.

实用例句

1. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
孩子们的家就在附近的山里。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. 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.
来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
4. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
孩子们的家就在附近的山里。
来自辞典例句
5. I guessed they had a nestling.
我猜到,是它们,有了雏儿.
来自汉英文学 - 现代散文

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