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roost

美 [ruːst]英 [ruːst]
  • vi.栖息
  • n.(鸟类的)栖息处

复数: roosts 过去式: roosted 现在分词: roosting 过去分词: roosted 第三人称单数: roosts

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noun

(鸟类的)栖息处
a place where birds sleep

习语

verb

V栖息
to rest or go to sleep somewhere

习语

roost

频次

  • 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。

  • 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 perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
2
a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

verb

1
settle down or stay, as if on a roost
2
sit, as on a branch
The birds perched high in the tree
Synonym: perch rest

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  1. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs .

    孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。

  2. Peafowl fly well despite their size , and roost in trees at night .

    孔雀不管大小,都善于飞行,晚上在树上栖息。

  3. 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. Appeasement has come home to roost

    绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。

  5. Birds roost in [ on ] the trees .

    鸟儿栖在树上。

  6. All his lies have come home to roost .

    他的一切谎言都得到了恶报。

  7. But when it comes to embryonic learning ( 胎教 ) , birds could rule the roost .

    但说到胎教,鸟类对此可十分在行。

  8. His girlfriend1 rules the roost , so he ’ ll have to check it ’ s OK with her first .

    例句他的女朋友平时作主,所以他得先和她确认一下这件事。

  9. I always thought5 Dave ruled the roost in his house , but I think his dog is really in control6 !

    我一直以为戴夫是他家作主的那个人,但我看他的狗才是真正管事的!

  10. These chickens will one day come home to roost .

    这些隐患总有一天会酿成恶果。

  11. Their lack of financial planning is now coming home to roost .

    他们缺乏财政计画,现在得到报应了。

  12. There is something beautiful , just like Van roost said .

    就像范鲁斯特所写的一些美丽句子。

  13. This time one hears the chickens coming home to roost .

    这一次,人们知道希腊要自食其果。

  14. Traditional statistical methods , however badly flawed , rule the roost .

    传统的统计方法不管缺陷多么严重,依然将占据主导地位。

  15. The space age , in other words , came home to roost on earth .

    换句话说,太空时代回归到曾经孕育了太空时代的地球。

  16. That which wizard is bound to come home for roost !

    那个巫师一回家休息就要抓住他!

  17. A woman of iron character who had ruled the roost for years .

    多年来主宰一切、性格坚强如铁的女人。

  18. Curse , like chicken , comes home to roost .

    诅咒像鸡雏,必回栖息木。以后再不会有咒诅。

  19. I 'd say these days , the devil rules the roost .

    我会说最近呢,魔鬼统治住处。

  20. 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。

  21. It 's only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost .

    伦敦存在的实际问题直至现在才产生恶果。

  22. Yet Robert Mugabe 's crimes are finally coming home to roost .

    然而罗伯特·穆加贝终究会恶贯满盈。

  23. Don 't ask me ! Mr Smith rules the roost in this office .

    不要问我,史密斯先生负责这个办公室。

  24. This paper describes experiments on treating arsenic bearing dust resulted in rotary roosting kiln .

    介绍了处理回转窑焙烧含砷物料所产烟尘的试验研究。

  25. Old women with antediluvian ideas still ruled the roost .

    思想落伍的老妪们仍在当家作主。

  26. Like benevolence and righteousness , they are roost on the way of practice .

    它们就像仁义一样,是修行人在修行路上的休息站。

  27. Sometimes her chickens come home to roost .

    她有时也自作自受,chickenscomehometoroost。

  28. John rules the roost at home ; his children and even his wife do everything he says .

    约翰在家里头:他的孩子甚至他妻子都按他说的行事。

  29. Spilled water also falls under the roosts rather than into the litter .

    洒出来的水会落到栖息架下而不会进入垫料。

  30. For 30 years or so Keynesianism ruled the roost of economics and economic policy .

    在大约30年的时间里,凯恩斯主义在经济学及经济政策中占据着主导地位。

  • 习语

n.

rule the roost

当头头;充当首领;主宰
to be the most powerful member of a group

v.

sth comes home to roost

自食恶果;报应到自己身上
used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future

同义词

v.

perch