nestle
中文来自 ECDICT
- vi.
- 舒适地坐定,挨靠,偎依
- vt.
- 抱,安置
构词拆分
演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English nestlen, from Old English nistlan, nestlian, nistlian (“to make or build a nest”), from Proto-West Germanic *nistilōn (“to build or occupy a nest; nestle”), equivalent to nest + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German nëstelen (“to build a nest”), Dutch nestelen (“to nest, nestle”).
释义(英文)
动词 Verb
- To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
- To press oneself against another affectionately.
- (intransitive) To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
- (archaic, ornithology, intransitive) To build or sit