中英互译
roost
英 /ruːst/美 /ruːst/
基本释义
- n.(鸟或蝙蝠的)栖息处
- v.(鸟、蝙蝠)栖息;急潮流
- n.(Roost)(美)罗斯特(人名)
复数roosts
第三人称单数roosts
现在分词roosting
过去式roosted
过去分词roosted
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双语例句
- The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.那只孔雀在附近的灌木丛里栖息。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Something disturbed the bird on its roost.什么东西惊扰了那只栖息的鸟。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- For example, birds may expend more of their reserves on thermoregulation if they spend the night exposed to the wind on a song post than if they are in a sheltered roost site.例如,与在有遮挡的栖息地的鸟类相比,如果鸟类在风中露宿一晚,它们可能会更多地利用体温调节。
相关短语
- come home to roost得到恶报,报应;归还原主
- Rule the roost称雄
- Chimaera Roost奇美拉栖木
- at roost睡着;栖息着;栖于枝上;栖着
- quail-roost女生宿舍;大学女宿舍
- the roost夺命万圣夜
同义词
词义分布
栖息
68.8%
栖
18.8%
栖木
12.5%
英英释义
- n.a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
- n.a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- v.sit, as on a branch
- v.settle down or stay, as if on a roost
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。