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基本释义
  • n. 栖木,鸟窝,休息所
    vi. 栖息,安歇
    vt. 使栖息
词形变化
  • 时　态：roost·ed, roost·ing, roosts
参考例句
    1. One of the main starling roosts is on top of the Town Hall.
      市政厅的房顶是欧椋鸟的一个主要栖息处.
    2. Her selfishness will come home to roost someday.
      她的自私总有一天会得到报应。
    3. In this house grandfather rules the roost.
      祖父在这所房子里当家作主
    4. The highest branch is not the safest roost.
      高枝不是安乐窝。
    5. The birds are at roost in the trees.
      鸟栖息在树枝上。
英英解释

  • 　2个名词解释

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

    　2个动词解释

    1. sit, as on a branch
      [同] perch, rest, roost
      [例]
      • The birds perched high in the tree
    2. settle down or stay, as if on a roost