roost

[美]/ruːst/
[英]/rust/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 栖息处
vi. 栖息, 得到报应
词形变化
现在分词roosting
复数roosts
过去式roosted
第三人称单数roosts
过去分词roosted

短语搭配

chicken roost

鸡栖木

find a roost

找到栖息之处

return to roost

返回栖息地

roosting birds

栖息的鸟类

例句

Chickens roost at night.

鸡晚上歇息。

The rooster’s crow woke me.

公鸡的啼叫声把我吵醒了。

The rooster bristled his crest.

公鸡竖起了鸡冠。

Santeria High Priest prepares a rooster for sacrifice in a ceremony for the recovery of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

一位萨泰里阿教主教为生病的古巴领导人卡斯特罗的康复祈祷仪式准备了一只公鸡做祭品。

Mike the Headless Chicken was a Wyandotte rooster that lived for 18 months after its head had been cut off.

无头鸡麦克是一只威恩度特公鸡,它在被切下鸡头后还活了18个月。

For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he’s got a tax bill of £25000.

多年来他一直迴避纳稅,现在报应来了,他的稅额累积到了2.5万英镑。

He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, and the bandsmen sitting in the green rotunda blew out their cheeks and glared at the music.

他像一只正要鸣叫的公鸡那样一只脚蹭着地,摆动着双臂。坐在绿色圆亭里的乐队成员们鼓起两腮,眼睛盯着乐谱。

原声例句

But when it comes to embryonic learning, birds could rule the roost.

但是当涉及到胎教时,鸟类首屈一指。

来源: Gaokao Reading Real Questions

I have yet to have a bull that ruled the roost.

我还没见过一头能当家作主的公牛。

来源: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

First, what is to roost? To roost means to settle down for rest or sleep.

首先,什么是" roost(栖息)" ?" roost" 意思是停下来休息或睡觉。

来源: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Curses came home to roost, Mammy said.

如嬷嬷说的,诅咒别人的人必定自作自受。

来源: Gone with the Wind

Birds like to roost off the ground.

鸟喜欢在地面上栖息。

来源: National Geographic (Children's Section)

They do establish a dominance between them as to who is ruling the roost out there.

她们确实在她们内部建立了一种支配地位,谁在那里统治着。

来源: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

In langur society females rule the roost and take the lead when the family is on the move.

叶猴族群是雌性独揽大权,并且是举家迁徙的领队人物。

来源: Beautiful China

What happens when your chickens come home to roost?

当你自食恶果(your chickens come home to roost)的时候会怎样?

来源: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

A warning cry to fellow roost mates?

发送给蝙蝠同伴的警报叫喊?

来源: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American September 2022 Collection

An adult male rules this roost and has no intention of letting another male onto his patch.

这里是一只成年公猴的地盘,它可不想让其他公猴进入自己的领地。

来源: The mysteries of the Earth

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