English Dictionary

nest egg

名詞

比喩的用法

A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there. / (figuratively) A saving; a reserve of money. / An egg squash.

日本語の意味

鳥の巣に置かれた自然または人工の卵（母鳥がその場所に卵を産むよう促すためのもの） / （比喩的に）貯蓄や積立金 / エッグスクウォッシュ（料理の名称）

The conservationist carefully placed a nest egg in the empty robin's nest to encourage the birds to return and lay their own eggs.

保護活動家は、空になった鳥の巣におとりの卵を慎重に置き、鳥が戻って自分の卵を産むよう促した。

意味（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.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A saving; a reserve of money.

Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.

意味（3）

An egg squash.

nest eggs （ plural ）