英语词汇roost的翻译、用法及例句-MX2U.com英汉词典

roost

noun [ C ] uk/ruːst/ us/ruːst/

（鸟的）栖身处，栖木

a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep

At the close of day, the bird flies to its roost.

Thousands of these birds fill the sky at dawn and dusk as they exit and enter their roosts with amazing speed and agility.
I photographed a crow heading toward its roost at dusk.
The stirring of a bird on its roost helps guide the owl to its prey.

roost

verb [ I ] uk/ruːst/ us/ruːst/

（鸟）栖息

When birds roost, they go somewhere to rest or sleep.

The birds enjoy roosting on lofty perches such as barn roofs.

Cormorants nest, roost, and hunt in large flocks.

Crowds of black vultures roosted at night on the roofs of houses and barns.
I'm plagued by pigeons on the balcony of my flat; they love to roost on my air conditioner.

词汇	roost
释义	roost noun [ C ] uk/ruːst/ us/ruːst/ （鸟的）栖身处，栖木 a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep At the close of day, the bird flies to its roost. 更多例句 Thousands of these birds fill the sky at dawn and dusk as they exit and enter their roosts with amazing speed and agility. I photographed a crow heading toward its roost at dusk. The stirring of a bird on its roost helps guide the owl to its prey. roost verb [ I ] uk/ruːst/ us/ruːst/ （鸟）栖息 When birds roost, they go somewhere to rest or sleep. The birds enjoy roosting on lofty perches such as barn roofs. Cormorants nest, roost, and hunt in large flocks. 更多例句 Crowds of black vultures roosted at night on the roofs of houses and barns. I'm plagued by pigeons on the balcony of my flat; they love to roost on my air conditioner. See also: rule the roost Idiom come home to roostidiom (also come back to roost, the chickens come home to roost) 回报到自己身上，得到恶报 If a past action, mistake, etc. comes home to roost, it causes problems at a later date, especially when this is expected or seems deserved. All his earlier mistakes are coming home to roost. 他早些时候犯的那些错误现在都报应到他自己身上了。 We're dealing with decades of bad decisions that are coming back to roost now. If we keep under-paying teachers and under-funding schools, eventually the chickens are going to come home to roost. Men may now feel pressure to meet certain beauty standards, but considering what women have endured over the years, I would say the chickens have come home to roost.
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