nest

• n. 巢，窝；安乐窝；温床
• vt. 筑巢；嵌套
• vi. 筑巢；找鸟巢
• n. (Nest)人名；(德)内丝特；(英)内丝特(女子教名 Agnes 威尔士语的昵称)

来自古英语nest,来自PIE*nisdos,鸟巢，来自*ni,向下，词源同beneath,*sed,坐，词源同sit.即坐的地方，落脚的地方，引申词义鸟巢，鸟窝。

nest

nest: [OE] Etymologically, a nest is a place for ‘sitting down’. It is a very ancient word, and traces its history all the way back to Indo- European *nizdo-, a compound formed from *ni ‘down’ (source of English beneath and nether) and *sed- (ancestor of English sit). From it came English nest (a word shared by German and Dutch), and also Latin nīdus ‘nest’, source of Old French niche ‘nest’ – whence English niche [17]. Nestle [OE] was derived from nest.
=> beneath, nestle, nether, sit

nest (n.)

Old English nest "bird's nest, snug retreat," also "young bird, brood," from Proto-Germanic *nistaz (cognates: Middle Low German, Middle Dutch nest, German Nest), from PIE *nizdo- (cognates: Sanskrit nidah "resting place, nest," Latin nidus "nest," Old Church Slavonic gnezdo, Old Irish net, Welsh nyth, Breton nez "nest"), probably from *ni "down" + *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).

Used since Middle English in reference to various accumulations of things (such as a nest of drawers, early 18c.). Nest egg "retirement savings" is from 1700, originally "a real or artificial egg left in a nest to induce the hen to go on laying there" (c. 1600).

nest (v.)

Old English nistan "to build nests," from Proto-Germanic *nistijanan, from the source of nest (n.). The modern verb is perhaps a new formation in Middle English from the noun. Related: Nested; nesting.

1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.

两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.

窝里有8只还没长毛、眼睛尚未睁开的小老鼠。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The actual nest is a work of art.

真实的鸟巢十分精致。

来自柯林斯例句

4. a bird's nest with two eggs in it

内有两只鸟蛋的鸟窝

来自《权威词典》

5. a nest of thieves

贼窝

来自《权威词典》