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nesting

/ˈnɛstɪŋ/

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verb

筑巢，做窝

(of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

Examples :

"The mother bird is carefully nesting in the tree, building a safe home for her eggs. "

母鸟正在树上小心地筑巢，为它的蛋建造一个安全的家。

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verb

筑巢，安家。

To settle into a home.

Examples :

"We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!"

我们太喜欢这栋新房子了，两天之内就安顿下来，把这里当家了！

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verb

嵌套，套叠

To successively neatly fit inside another.

Examples :

"I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother."

我给妈妈买了一套可以互相嵌套叠放的搅拌碗。

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verb

筑巢，巢居。

To place in, or as if in, a nest.

Examples :

"The mother bird is carefully nesting her eggs in the soft leaves. "

母鸟正小心地把蛋安放在柔软的树叶里，像筑巢一样。

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verb

嵌套，套叠。

To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

Examples :

"There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes."

如果你把所有空盒子都一层套一层地叠放好，阁楼里就会宽敞很多了。

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verb

掏鸟窝，掏鸟蛋。

To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Examples :

"During the summer, the children enjoyed nesting in the woods behind their house, hoping to find robin's eggs. "

夏天的时候，孩子们喜欢在房子后面的树林里掏鸟窝，希望能找到知更鸟的蛋。

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noun

筑巢，做窝

The process by which a bird nests.

Examples :

"The bird's nesting took several days, as it carefully arranged twigs and leaves. "

这只鸟筑巢花了几天时间，因为它小心地整理树枝和树叶。

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noun

嵌套

The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.

Examples :

"The excessive nesting of `if` statements made the code very difficult to read and debug. "

过多的`if`语句嵌套使得代码非常难以阅读和调试。

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