Nestling
['nes(t)lɪŋ] or ['nɛstlɪŋ]
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nestle
(n.) A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.
(n.) A nest; a receptacle.
(a.) Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.
布兰奇手打
例句:
- The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- She lay still, nestling against him, but unyielding. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Gentle, soft dream, nestling in my arms now, you will fly, too, as your sisters have all fled before you: but kiss me before you go--embrace me, Jane. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- By her side, and nestling closely to her, is a young girl of fifteen,--her daughter. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I'm bored by the reSt.' 'Yes,' she murmured, nestling very sweet and close to him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I slightly turned from him, nestling still closer under the wing of silence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Then her spirit came home to him, nestling unconscious in him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Her clasp, and the nestling action with which she pressed her cheek to mine, made me almost cry with a tender pain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- They either build a nest of their own or seize on one belonging to some other bird, occasionally throwing out the nestlings of the stranger. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
校对:拉弗尔斯