roost
英 [ruːst]
美[rust]
- 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
词态变化
复数: roosts;第三人称单数: roosts;过去式: roosted;过去分词: roosted;现在分词: roosting;
助记提示
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。
英英释意
- 1. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- 2. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
英文词源
- 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.
考试真题
- But when it comes to embryonic learning (胎教), birds could rule the roost.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
词组搭配
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
for the overextended borrowers, the chickens have come home to roost.
冒过大风险的借款人现在自作自受了。
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
The consequences of her misdeeds eventually came home to roost.
她的不良行为所产生的后果最终回报到她自己身上了
rule the roost【非正式用语】
To be in charge; dominate
主管；主宰，支配一切
In this house grandfather rules the roost.
祖父在这所房子里当家作主
实用场景例句
- The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
- 孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Appeasement has come home to roost...
- 绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tommy is very bossy; he always wants to rule the roost.
- 汤米很专横, 他总是想一切由他支配.
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- Like benevolence and righteousness, they are roost on the way of practice.
- 它们就像仁义一样,是修行人在修行路上的休息站.
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- Cures, like chickens , come home to roost.
- 诅咒人者反咒自.
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- They ruled the roost.
- 他们是最好的.
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- You should not have sold the car in that unsafe condition ; sooner or later your misdeeds will come home to roost.
- 你不该把那辆不安全的车卖掉, 你的不端行为迟早会得到报应.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't ask me! Mr Smith rules the roost in this office.
- 不要问我, 史密斯先生负责这个办公室.
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- At home Alfred Roberts roost , and there was no question that what he said went.
- 在家里,是艾尔弗雷德·罗伯茨说了算,他说什么, 就是什么,不容许表示任何怀疑.
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- Curses come home to roost.
- 诅咒他人,反而应验到自己身上.
辞典例句
- Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.
- 鸟儿 栖 在树上.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They came home to roost.
- 他们得到了恶报.
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- Peafowl fly well despite their size, and roost in trees at night.
- 孔雀不管大小, 都善于飞行,晚上在树上栖息.
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- Their lack of financial planning is now coming home to roost.
- 他们缺乏财政计画,现在得到报应了.
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- The birds are at roost in the trees.
- 鸟栖息在树枝上.
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- Chickens come home to roost.
- 咒人反咒己.
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- He came home to roost for the winter.
- 他得到冬天的恶报.
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- The space age, in other words, came home to roost on earth.
- 换句话说, 太空时代回归到曾经孕育了太空时代的地球.
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- Curse came home to roost, Mammy said.
- 嬷嬷曾说过,凡是诅咒都要回到诅咒的人自己身上来.
辞典例句
- John rules the roost at home; his children and even his wife do everything he says.
- 约翰在家里头: 他的孩子甚至他妻子都按他说的行事.
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- Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.
- 鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚.
《简明英汉词典》
- E . g: The new house is small, but it is still his safest roost.
- 例子: 虽然新房子很小, 可是这还是他的安乐窝.
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- Chickens roost at night.
- 鸡晚上歇息.
《简明英汉词典》
- The highest branch is not the safest roost.
- 高枝不是安乐窝.
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- The eaves of this deserted house have become the roost for pigeons.
- 这所无人住的房子的屋檐成了鸽子的歇息处.
辞典例句
- In this house grandfather rules the roost.
- 祖父在这所房子里当家作主.
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- You'll get a dollar a pound when elephants roost in trees.
- 卖一块钱一磅?除非西边出太阳!
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