单词库 \ 英汉词典 \

roost是什么意思

roost

英[ru:st] 美[rust]

复数：roosts;

第三人称单数：roosts;

过去式：roosted;

过去分词：roosted;

现在分词：roosting;

同义词

词组

curses, like chickens, come home to roost
(proverb)one's past mistakes or wrongdoings will eventually be the cause of present troubles (谚)做错事（或坏事）会有报应，自作自受
come home to roost
To have repercussions or aftereffects, especially unfavorable ones 后果，恶报：尤指有不幸的间接影响或后果
rule the roost【非正式用语】
To be in charge; dominate 主管；主宰，支配一切

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

(鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝

A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
VERB

栖息

When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there.
例句
The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs. 孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
PHRASE

自食苦果;得到惩罚;遭到报应

If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions.
例句
Appeasement has come home to roost... 绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。 Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost. 政客们有时能够愚弄一些人，但最终他们都会自食恶果。
PHRASE

当家;作主;主宰;领导

If you say that someone rules the roost in a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there.
例句
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。

英汉词典释义

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
2. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
Verb
1. sit, as on a branch;
"The birds perched high in the treee"
2. settle down or stay, as if on a roost