nestling
雏鸟
常用释义
英音[ ˈnestlɪŋ ]
美音[ ˈnestlɪŋ ]
基本释义
- n. 未离巢的雏鸟；婴儿，小孩
- v. 安顿下来；筑巢；把……安置于巢中；依偎；位处，坐落（nestle 的现在分词形式）
例句
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1·Time and again, Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb.希尼先生一次又一次回到了“笔”这个意象中。他开始了他漫长的写作生涯，这支笔就像一支枪，舒适地依偎在他的手指和拇指之间。
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2·A classic example is noisy begging by nestling songbirds when a parent returns to the nest with food.一个典型的例子就是鸣禽的雏鸟在父母带着食物归巢时所表现出的吵闹的乞食行为。
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3·Therefore, a begging nestling that secures food at the expense of its siblings might actually leave behind fewer copies of its genes overall than it might otherwise.因此，一只以其兄弟姐妹为代价来获取食物的乞食雏鸟实际上可能会比其它雏鸟留下更少的基因副本。
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4·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。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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5·You will see the nestling fall.你会看见雏鸟掉落。
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6·I saw a cottage nestling in the woods.我看到隐映在树林中的乡村别墅。
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7·Nestling at the heart of these worries is land.而这些忧虑的核心问题是土地。
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8·The sere vines, the old trees, and nestling crows.枯藤、老树和正在安顿下来的乌鸦。
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9·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。
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10·Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.孩子们的家就在附近的山里。