roost
英 [ruːst]
美 [ruːst]
- n. 栖木；鸟窝；群栖的禽鸟
- vi. 栖息；安歇
- vt. 使…栖息；为…提供歇息处
- n. (Roost)人名；(德)罗斯特
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记忆方法
roost音“入室的”→入室栖息
中文词源
roost 鸟类栖息处，栖息
来自古英语 hrost,禽鸟栖息处，来自 Proto-Germanic*hrodst,栖息。
英语词源
- roost (n.)
- late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (cognates: Old Saxon hrost "framework of a roof, attic," Middle Dutch, Flemish, Dutch roest "roost," Old Norse hrot, Gothic hrot "roof," of unknown origin. Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. Extended sense "hen-house" is from 1580s. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.
- roost (v.)
- 1520s, from roost (n.). Related: Roosted; roosting. Chickens come home to roost in reference to eventual consequences of bad actions attested from 1824; the original proverb seems to have been curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
权威例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. Appeasement has come home to roost.
- 绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
- 3. Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.
- 鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚.
- 4. Chickens roost at night.
- 鸡晚上歇息.
- 5. Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.
- 鸟儿 栖 在树上.
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