Nest

(noun.) a kind of gun emplacement; 'a machine-gun nest'; 'a nest of snipers'.

(noun.) furniture pieces made to fit close together.

(noun.) a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; 'a nest of thieves'.

(noun.) a cosy or secluded retreat.

(noun.) a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.

(verb.) gather nests.

(verb.) fit together or fit inside; 'nested bowls'.

(verb.) inhabit a nest, usually after building; 'birds are nesting outside my window every Spring'.

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• So, I presented Joe to Herbert, who held out his hand; but Joe backed from it, and held on by the bird's-nest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In this family several hen birds unite and lay first a few eggs in one nest and then in another; and these are hatched by the males. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Nest-ce pas que c'est beau? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Meg is the turtledove, and Amy is like the lark she writes about, trying to get up among the clouds, but always dropping down into its nest again. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And off she bustled, leaving me to settle myself in my new nest. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• A solitary sea-gull winged its flight over our heads, to seek its nest in a cleft of the precipice. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Ruined the nest, alas! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Calls a house a rookery when there's not a rook near it, and takes the birds on trust, because he sees the nests! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I dare say at some time or other Sentiment and Comedy will bring THEIR husbands home and have THEIR nests upstairs too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They are incapable of making their own nests, or of feeding their own larvae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The ragged nests, so long deserted by the rooks, were gone; and the trees were lopped and topped out of their remembered shapes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Audubon has given several remarkable cases of differences in the nests of the same species in the northern and southern United States. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Your three birds are all in their nests, said Holmes, looking up. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Amy and Louisa, return to your nests like a pair of doves, as you are. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But there was no reply to Wildeve's shout, save a mournful whining from the herons which were nesting lower down the vale. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She must be nesting now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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