roost
英 [ru?st]
美[rust]
- n. 棲木；鳥窩；群棲的禽鳥
- vi. 棲息；安歇
- vt. 使…棲息；為…提供歇息處
- n. (Roost)人名；(德)羅斯特
實用場景例句
- The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
- 孔雀棲息在附近的灌木叢里。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Appeasement has come home to roost...
- 綏靖政策的惡果已經顯現出來了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.
- 現今，這個國家由民族主義者掌權并分派工作。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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.
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- 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.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Don't ask me! Mr Smith rules the roost in this office.
- 不要問我, 史密斯先生負責這個辦公室.
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- 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,反而應驗到自己身上.
辭典例句
- Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.
- 鳥兒 棲 在樹上.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 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.
- 他們缺乏財政計畫,現在得到報應了.
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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孕育了太空時代的地球.
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- 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.
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- 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家作主.
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- 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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