nest egg

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
    — My improvement relates to artificial eggs composed of a substance which is offensive to insects, the object being to render the same effective, not only as a nest-egg, but also as a destroyer of vermin.
  2. A saving; a reserve of money. figuratively
    — Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
  3. An egg squash.

词形变化

nest eggs plural
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