nest
US: /ˈnɛst/
UK: /nˈɛst/
UK: /nˈɛst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
nest /nest/
- danh từ
- tổ, ổ (chim, chuột...)
- a bird's nest: tổ chim
- a wasp's nest: tổ ong bắp cày
- nơi ẩn náu, sào huyệt (trộm cướp...)
- a nest of pirates: sào huyệt kẻ cướp
- bộ đồ xếp lồng vào nhau
- a nest of tables: bộ bàn xếp lồng vào nhau
- a nest of boxes: bộ hộp xếp lồng vào nhau
- to feather one's nest
- (xem) feather
- it's an ill bord that fouls its own nest
- (tục ngữ) chẳng hay gì vạch áo cho người xem lưng
- tổ, ổ (chim, chuột...)
- nội động từ
- làm tổ
- tìm tổ chim, bắt tổ chim
- to go nesting: đi bắt tổ chim
- ẩn núp, ẩn mình
- ngoại động từ
- đặt vào ổ
- ((thường) động tính từ quá khứ) xếp lồng vào nhau
- nested boxes: những hộp xếp lồng vào nhau
- (kỹ thuật) lắp (mộng)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs and sheltering its young: sparrows building a nest of twigs and dry grass
2 [C] a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young: an ants' / wasps' nest + a nest of mice
3 [sing.] a secret place which is full of bad people and their activities: a nest of thieves
4 [sing.] the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children: to leave the nest (= leave your parents' home)
5 [C, usually sing.] a group or set of similar things that are made to fit inside each other: a nest of tables
Idioms see EMPTY adj., FEATHER v., FLY v., HORNET, MARE
+ verb [V] to make and use a nest: Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 roost, perch, eyrie or US also aerie, den, lair:
The birds, which mate for life, return to the same nest each year.
2 snuggery, retreat, refuge, haunt, hideaway, hide-out; resort:
We have a little nest in the country which we escape to at weekends.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
ant's, bird's, wasp's, etc.
VERB + NEST
build, make | sit on
The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.
| fly, leave
The young ones have flown the nest.
NEST + NOUN
site
The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.
| hole
PREP.
away from a/the ~
A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.
| in/inside a/the ~
The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.
| on a/the ~
The female spends all her time on the nest.
Concise English dictionary
nests|nested|nestingnest
noun
+a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
+a kind of gun emplacement
+a cosy or secluded retreat
+a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
+furniture pieces made to fit close together
verb
+inhabit a nest, usually after building
+fit together or fit inside
+move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
+gather nests
