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nestling    音标拼音: [n'ɛstlɪŋ] [n'ɛslɪŋ]
n. 刚孵出的雏,未离巢的雏,婴儿

刚孵出的雏,未离巢的雏,婴儿

nestling
n 1: young bird not yet fledged [synonym: {nestling}, {baby bird}]
2: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
for youngster" [synonym: {child}, {kid}, {youngster}, {minor},
{shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke},
{fry}, {nestling}]

Nestle \Nes"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nestled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Nestling}.] [AS. nestlian.]
1. To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.]
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The kingfisher . . . nestles in hollow banks.
--L'Estrange.
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2. 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.
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Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of
the wild country, and there nestle till succors
came. --Bacon.
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The children were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.
--Clement
Clarke Moore
(A Visit From
St. Nicholas,
(a poem
[1823]) also
called The
{Night Before
Christmas}).
[PJC]

3. 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.
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Nestling \Nes"tling\, a.
Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.
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Nestling \Nes"tling\ n.
1. A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. --Piers
Plowman.
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2. A nest; a receptacle. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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151 Moby Thesaurus words for "nestling":
amorous dalliance, apprentice, avifauna, baby, baby bird, beginner,
billing and cooing, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno,
bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey,
birdie, birdlife, birdling, birdy, bundling, cage bird, calf,
callow, caressing, catechumen, catling, chick, chickling, chicky,
colt, cub, cuddling, cygnet, dalliance, deb, debutant, dewy,
diving bird, dogie, dove, duckling, eagle, eaglet, entrant,
ever-new, evergreen, fawn, firsthand, fish-eating bird, fledgling,
flightless bird, foal, fondling, fowl, fresh, freshman,
fruit-eating bird, fryer, fulmar, game bird, gosling, green,
greenhorn, greeny, hugging, immature, infant, insect-eating bird,
intact, kid, kissing, kit, kitten, lamb, lambkin, learner, litter,
lollygagging, lovemaking, maiden, maidenly, migrant,
migratory bird, necking, neophyte, neoteric, nest, new, newcomer,
novice, novitiate, nuzzling, original, oscine bird, owl,
passerine bird, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, petting,
pigeon, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pristine, probationer, pullet,
pup, puppy, ratite, raw, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, sea bird,
seed-eating bird, sempervirent, sexual intercourse, shoat,
shore bird, snuggling, songbird, spooning, squab, storm petrel,
stormy petrel, swan, tadpole, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, unbeaten,
undeveloped, unfledged, unhandled, untouched, untried, untrodden,
unused, vernal, virgin, virginal, wading bird, warbler, water bird,
waterfowl, weaner, whelp, wildfowl, yeanling, young


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