roost 详细解释
roost
[ru:st]
n.栖木, 鸟窝, 栖息处
v.栖息, 安歇
n.[C]
1. 栖木; 鸟巢; 鸡棚
Look! There is a roost in this tree.
看! 这棵树上有个鸟巢。
2. 歇息处; 卧室; 床
The eaves of this deserted house have become the roost for pigeons.
这所无人住的房子的屋檐成了鸽子的歇息处。
3. 群栖的禽鸟
The noise alarmed the whole roost into flight.
那闹声把一群栖息着的鸟吓得都飞走了。
vi.
1. 栖息; 进窝
Some birds roosted on a branch.
几只鸟栖于树枝上。
2. 歇息; 歇宿
vt.
1. 为……设置栖息处
2. 为……提供歇息处
词形变化
动词过去式: roosted | 动词过去分词: roosted | 动词现在分词: roosting | 动词第三人称单数: roosts |
词义辨析
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 roost:
a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
动词 roost:
sit, as on a branch
settle down or stay, as if on a roost
短语词组
come home to roost
1. 得到恶报
His unkindness to his daughter came home to roost.
他对女儿的刻薄得到了恶报。
rule the roost
1. 当家
It's Bill's wife who really rules the roost in that family.
比尔的太太才是他家的当家人。
补充
roostroost英:[ru:st] 美:[rust]n.1.栖息处vi.1.栖息, 歇息Chickens roost at night.鸡晚上歇息。例句
1. migrating martins and swallows were settling to roost.迁徙的圣马丁鸟和燕子飞落下来栖息。 2. for the overextended borrowers, the chickens have come home to roost.冒过大风险的借款人现在自作自受了。 3. "In my small elementary school, bullies ruled the roost."我所在的那所规模不大的小学里，几个恶霸学生横行校园。 4. Pigeons roost on the building's ledge.鸽子在这个建筑的房檐上栖息。 5. Her bad decisions are coming home to roost.她的错误决定让她自食其果。 6. He's been cheating people for years but now the chickens are (finally) coming home to roost. [=he is getting what he deserves]几年来他一直在骗人，现在他（终于）遭到了报应。