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roost
[英] [ru:st] [美] [rust] 生词本

n.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：ROOST  

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  • 词典例句

1. N-COUNT (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝 A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. 
2. VERB 栖息 When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there. 

  • The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.

    孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。

3. PHRASE 自食苦果;得到惩罚;遭到报应 If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions. 

  • Appeasement has come home to roost...

    绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。

  • Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost.

    政客们有时能够愚弄一些人，但最终他们都会自食恶果。

4. PHRASE 当家;作主;主宰;领导 If you say that someone rules the roost in a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there. 

  • Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.

    现今，这个国家由民族主义者掌权并分派工作。

Noun

1. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

2. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

Verb

1. sit, as on a branch;

  • "The birds perched high in the treee"

2. settle down or stay, as if on a roost

1. Birds roost in [on] the trees.
鸟儿栖在树上。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Chickens roost at night.
鸡晚上歇息。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.
鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. You should not have sold the car in that unsafe condition;sooner or later your misdeeds will come home to roost.
你不该把那辆不安全的车卖掉，你的不端行为迟早会得到报应。

来自《简明英汉词典》