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
- 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。 - 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 of the peaks soars in the center of the painting, nestling majestically between the other two.
山的峰巅落笔在画面的中心点,在其馀两峰之间。 - 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。 - 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; - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - Faber passed through Crawford, nestling in green hills.
费伯穿过绿山环抱的克劳福。 - An unfledged or nestling hawk.
羽毛未丰或未离巢的鹰。