roost

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美[rust]

基本釋義

n.
棲木,雞棚; (鳥類)棲息處; 歇息處
vi.
棲息; 過去事情的惡果顯現(xiàn)出來; 自食惡果; 得到報應(yīng)

詞性變化

實用例句

The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.

孔雀棲息在附近的灌木叢里。

Appeasement has come home to roost...

綏靖政策的惡果已經(jīng)顯現(xiàn)出來了。

Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost.

政客們有時能夠愚弄一些人,但最終他們都會自食惡果。

Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.

現(xiàn)今,這個國家由民族主義者掌權(quán)并分派工作。

Tommy is very bossy; he always wants to rule the roost.

湯米很專橫, 他總是想一切由他支配.

期刊摘選

Like benevolence and righteousness, they are roost on the way of practice.

它們就像仁義一樣,是修行人在修行路上的休息站.

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Cures, like chickens , come home to roost.

詛咒人者反咒自.

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They ruled the roost.

他們是最好的.

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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.

你不該把那輛不安全的車賣掉, 你的不端行為遲早會得到報應(yīng).

《簡明英漢詞典》

Don't ask me! Mr Smith rules the roost in this office.

不要問我, 史密斯先生負責(zé)這個辦公室.

期刊摘選

At home Alfred Roberts roost , and there was no question that what he said went.

在家里,是艾爾弗雷德·羅伯茨說了算,他說什么, 就是什么,不容許表示任何懷疑.

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Curses come home to roost.

詛咒他人,反而應(yīng)驗到自己身上.

辭典例句

Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.

鳥兒 棲 在樹上.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

They came home to roost.

他們得到了惡報.

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Peafowl fly well despite their size, and roost in trees at night.

孔雀不管大小, 都善于飛行,晚上在樹上棲息.

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Their lack of financial planning is now coming home to roost.

他們?nèi)狈ω斦嫯?現(xiàn)在得到報應(yīng)了.

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The birds are at roost in the trees.

鳥棲息在樹枝上.

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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.

他得到冬天的惡報.

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The space age, in other words, came home to roost on earth.

換句話說, 太空時代回歸到曾經(jīng)孕育了太空時代的地球.

期刊摘選

Curse came home to roost, Mammy said.

嬤嬤曾說過,凡是詛咒都要回到詛咒的人自己身上來.

辭典例句

John rules the roost at home; his children and even his wife do everything he says.

約翰在家里頭: 他的孩子甚至他妻子都按他說的行事.

期刊摘選

Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

鴿子的本能使它們返回鴿棚.

《簡明英漢詞典》

E . g: The new house is small, but it is still his safest roost.

例子: 雖然新房子很小, 可是這還是他的安樂窩.

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Chickens roost at night.

雞晚上歇息.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The highest branch is not the safest roost.

高枝不是安樂窩.

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The eaves of this deserted house have become the roost for pigeons.

這所無人住的房子的屋檐成了鴿子的歇息處.

辭典例句

In this house grandfather rules the roost.

祖父在這所房子里當(dāng)家作主.

期刊摘選

You'll get a dollar a pound when elephants roost in trees.

賣一塊錢一磅?除非西邊出太陽!

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真題例句

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

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

英英釋義

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

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