Nestle
['nes(ə)l] or ['nɛsl]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) position comfortably; 'The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow'.
(verb.) lie in a sheltered position; 'The little cottage nestles in the forest'.
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解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
(v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.
(v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.
(v. t.) To house, as in a nest.
(v. t.) To cherish, as a bird her young.
錄入:索尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Snuggle, cuddle, snug, harbor, lodge, lie close.
科尔校對
解釋/意思:
v.i. to lie close or snug as in a nest: to settle comfortably.—v.t. to cherish as a bird does her young.—adj. Nest′ling being in the nest newly hatched.—n. act of making a nest: a young bird in the nest—also Nest′ler.
格拉迪斯校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Little white villages surrounded by trees, nestle in the valleys or roost upon the lofty perpendicular sea-walls. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This is the land of eternal quiet, Where I can nestle in indolence curled, Far from the clamor of modern riot. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He drew her to nestle closer to him, and told her it would soon be over, and the truth would soon appear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Its snow-white houses nestle cosily in a sea of fresh green vegetation, and no village could look prettier or more attractive. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And she continued to nestle against him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- She lay still, nestling against him, but unyielding. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- By her side, and nestling closely to her, is a young girl of fifteen,--her daughter. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I'm bored by the reSt.' 'Yes,' she murmured, nestling very sweet and close to him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I slightly turned from him, nestling still closer under the wing of silence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Then her spirit came home to him, nestling unconscious in him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The little creature ran across at the words and nestled up against the lady's dress. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Can it be a wandering dog that has come in from the street and crept and nestled hither? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He had nestled down his head most conveniently. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Her head nestled with a tender contentedness on my bosom. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She had nestled down with him, that his head might lie upon her arm; and her hair drooping over him curtained him from the light. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
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