roost中文什么意思

n.
1.栖架；鸡埘，鸡棚，鸡舍；同栖的一群家禽。
2.栖息处；卧室；床；〔口语〕旅舍。
短语和例子
+更多解释...at roost 歇着；睡着。 come home to roost 还归原主；得到恶报 (Curses come home to roost. 害人反害己)。 go to roost 去歇；去睡。 rule the roost 当家，作主；跋扈，称雄，居首。vi.
栖息；进窝；〔美国〕歇着；睡着；投宿；过夜；〔口语〕就座，坐下。vt.
为…设置栖息处，把…送去栖息。

• at roost:    栖息着, 睡着; 睡着
• the roost:    夺命万圣夜
• chicken roost:    〔美俚〕戏院最上层座位。

例句与用法

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1. Now the chickens were coming home to roost .
   这不，报应就在眼前。
2. 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。
3. As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable .
   你晓得，那些债主象兀鹰一般歇在树枝上，伺机对任何有价值的东西飞扑下来。
4. The street out here is full of people, and others are roosting on the fences, waiting to get a glimpse of you .
   外面街上站满了人，还有许多人骑在栅栏，大家都在等着要瞧你一眼。
5. He ran to the bulwarks as soon as the wave was passed, saw me, and lost me, and saw me again, as i tumbled in the roost .
   浪头一过，他马上奔到船上，看见我在汹涌澎湃的巨浪中挣扎，一会儿沉下，一会儿浮起。

英文释义

名词

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

动词

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