Nestling

(noun.) young bird not yet fledged.

黛博拉编辑

• The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• She lay still, nestling against him, but unyielding. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Gentle, soft dream, nestling in my arms now, you will fly, too, as your sisters have all fled before you: but kiss me before you go--embrace me, Jane. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• By her side, and nestling closely to her, is a young girl of fifteen,--her daughter. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I'm bored by the reSt.' 'Yes,' she murmured, nestling very sweet and close to him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I slightly turned from him, nestling still closer under the wing of silence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Then her spirit came home to him, nestling unconscious in him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Her clasp, and the nestling action with which she pressed her cheek to mine, made me almost cry with a tender pain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They either build a nest of their own or seize on one belonging to some other bird, occasionally throwing out the nestlings of the stranger. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

校对:拉弗尔斯