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

• 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。
• I took off mother's glasses holding in hand, nestling face to mother's icy cheek, my tears run down as rain.
  我把母亲的眼镜摘下来握在手中，将脸贴在母亲冰冷的脸颊，我泪如雨下。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nestling against a wooded hill and overlooking the Yangtse river, it is now a beautiful park that merges harmoniously into the magnificent riverside scenery.
  傍山依水，古树森森，秀丽的园林和长江浑然一体，景色雄奇瑰丽。
• 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。
• Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home
  孩子们的家就在附近的山里。
• 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。