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roost n.栖木；鸟窝；栖息处v.栖息；安歇 (1) 鸡夜晚栖息在竿子上。(2) 看!这棵树上有个鸟巢。(3) 市政厅的房顶是星椋鸟的一个主要栖息处。(4) 实际上，并没有栖息高峰这一回事，鸟儿终年栖息。(5) 她的自私总有一天会得到报应。

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英 [ruːst] 美 [ruːst] (1) Chickens sit on a roost at night.(2) Look! There is a roost in this tree.(3) One of the main starling roosts is on top of the Town Hall.(4) In fact, there is not a peak roosting time.The birds roost all year.(5) Her selfishness will come home to roost someday. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝 A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. 2[VERB 动词]栖息 When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there.   [V prep/adv]The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。3[PHRASE 短语]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.   [come inflects]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。4[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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。

英语单词	roost
英美音标	英 [ruːst] 美 [ruːst]
中文释义	n.栖木；鸟窝；栖息处 v.栖息；安歇
英语例句	(1) Chickens sit on a roost at night. (2) Look! There is a roost in this tree. (3) One of the main starling roosts is on top of the Town Hall. (4) In fact, there is not a peak roosting time.The birds roost all year. (5) Her selfishness will come home to roost someday.
中文例句	(1) 鸡夜晚栖息在竿子上。 (2) 看!这棵树上有个鸟巢。 (3) 市政厅的房顶是星椋鸟的一个主要栖息处。 (4) 实际上，并没有栖息高峰这一回事，鸟儿终年栖息。 (5) 她的自私总有一天会得到报应。
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝 A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. 2 [VERB 动词]栖息 When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there. [V prep/adv] The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs. 孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。 3 [PHRASE 短语]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. [come inflects] 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。 4 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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。

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