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Roof Phrase N Count People Inside Part 例:The Building

单词 roof
音标
英[ru:f] 美[ruf,rʊf]
解释
n.屋顶,房屋;最高部,顶部;最高限度;口腔顶部;vt.给…盖顶;覆盖;保护,庇护;
例句

N-COUNT
房顶;屋顶
The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.
例:...a small stone cottage with a red slate roof...有着红色石板房顶的小石屋
例:A pail stood in one corner of the room to catch the drips where the roof leaked.房间的一角放着一个提桶,以接住从屋顶漏下来的水滴。

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顶篷;车顶;车篷
The roof of a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
例:The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him.车翻了,把他困在了里面。

N-COUNT
口腔顶部;上腭
The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
例:She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.她用舌头顶着上腭发出啧啧声。

N-COUNT
(洞穴、矿井等的)顶部
The roof of an underground space such as a cave or mine is the highest part of it.
例:The cave roof collapsed.洞顶坍塌了。

PHRASE
(价格、通货膨胀率等)猛增,飞涨
If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation goes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed.
例:Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof.韩国艺术品的价格飞涨。

PHRASE
怒气冲天;大发雷霆;暴跳如雷
If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
例:Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.如果我告诉朗中士你已经走了,他会大发雷霆的。

PHRASE
住处;家
If you have a roof over your head, you have somewhere to live.
例:I am just thankful that we have a roof over our heads.我们有地方住我就很感激了。

PHRASE
(在屋内)喧闹,喧嚣,大闹翻天
If a group of people inside a building raise the roof, they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
例:He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.他演唱自己改编的社会主义赞歌《红旗颂》时,声音穿透了会场的屋顶。

PHRASE
同在一个屋檐下;在同一栋大楼里
If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof, they are in the same building.
例:The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls...这些公司想一起开在同一栋大楼里,或者彼此紧挨着开在大型购物中心里。
例:While his relations with his mother were reasonably satisfactory, having her living under the same roof was a totally different matter!虽然他和母亲的关系还算不错,但和她住在一起就完全是另外一回事了。

PHRASE
在…的家里
If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
例:Lionel has forbidden her ever to mention that name again under his roof.莱昂内尔已经禁止她在他家里再提到这个名字。
变形
third:roofs~done:roofed~pl:roofs~ing:roofing~past:roofed~

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