nestling
英 ['nes(t)lɪŋ]
美['nɛstlɪŋ]
- 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）
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.
双语例句
- 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