One way to hold this word is to picture a bird in its nest. It presses its body down into the dip, turns once, and stops moving. Three things are in that picture: a small movement, something around it on every side, and rest at the end. Whenever you meet nestle, look for those three. A child against a shoulder has them. So does a village down in a valley, even though the village never moved.
From the word’s history
The source traces nestle to Old English nistlan, to make or build a nest, from nest plus the ending -le, which marks a small repeated action. So the nest is not a metaphor added later; it is what the word was built from.
資料上說，nestle 來自古英文的 nistlan，意思是「築巢、待在巢裡」，是 nest 加上表示反覆小動作的 -le。所以鳥窩不是後來才加上去的比喻，而是這個字本來就從那裡造出來的。
Wiktionary, entry 'nestle' (evidence packet etymology_text: 'From Middle English nestelen… from Old English nistlan… equivalent to nest + -le.')
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Nestlename
- 1
A surname from German.
nestleverb/ˈnɛsəl/
- 1
To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
- In the work that it [the Servants of India Society] will do in the future it will be the spirit of Mr. [Gopal Krishna] Gokhale that will inspire it. So I would remind you that while you raise a statue to his public honour, do not forget what matters more, the hope that ever nestled warmly in his heart, that is nearest and dearest to those who imitate him, throwing away everything of this world and burning upon the altar of their country in sacrifice all that the world could give of joy and wealth, […]
- 2
To press oneself against another affectionately.
- 3
To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
- The old shop nestled between the newer apartment buildings.
- Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild and desolate country, and there to nestle till greater succours came.
- 4
archaicbiologynatural-sciencesornithologyTo build or sit upon a nest.
- The kingfisher […] nestles in hollow banks.
- 5
archaicbiologynatural-sciencesornithologyOf a bird: to look after its young.
- This assimilates them more nearly to the natural conditions when the hen nestles her chicks on the earth, whilst the warmth is given chiefly over their backs.
- 6
To move or place into a comfortable position
- She made no answer, but her fingers nervously nestled the leaves of a book.
- With as little of movement as possible, Aeon nestled her head closer to his chest, even more inder his chin.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。