Roost
[ ru:st ]
第5级
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n. 栖木，鸡棚;（鸟类）栖息处;歇息处;
vi. 栖息;过去事情的恶果显现出来;自食恶果;得到报应;
📝 例句
Curses come home to roost.
诅咒他人，反而应验到自己身上。
Her selfishness will come home to roost someday.
她的自私总有一天会得到报应。
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。
His unkindness to his daughter came home to roost.
他对女儿的刻薄得到了恶报。
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ roost-栖息,roots-根:栖息在树根旁
※rooster-公鸡,roost-栖息处、栖息:公鸡栖息在栖木上,正如小鸟站在钢丝上,特危险
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
roost
n
1 place where birds perch or settle for sleep 禽鸟栖息处
One of the main starling roosts is on top of the Town Hall. 市政厅的房顶是欧椋鸟的一个主要栖息处.
2 (idm 习语) come home to roost => home3. rule the roost => rule v. roost, v [I, Ipr]
(of birds) settle for sleep; perch （指鸟）栖息.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ru:st]n. 栖木, 休息所, 群栖的禽鸟vi. 栖息, 安歇vt. 使栖息相关词组: rule the roost at roost come home to roost go to roost
📖 同为「TOEFL」词汇
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I applied for a job as a lifeguard at the community pool.
我申请了社区游泳池的救生员工作。
What time are you coming back?
你什么时间回来？
When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。