roost
美音:
[ru:st
]英音:
[ru:st
]n.栖木,栖息所,卧室 vi.栖息,安歇 vt.使栖息
难易程度:
roost为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:roosted 过去分词:roosted 现在分词:roosting 第三人称单数:roosts
近义词, 同义词
roost
/ru:st; rust/
n
1 place where birds perch or settle for sleep 禽鸟栖息处
*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 (idm 习语) come home to roost => home3. rule the roost => rule v.
v [I, Ipr] (of birds) settle for sleep; perch (指鸟)栖息.