roost
英[ruːst]
美[rust]
- n. 栖木；鸟窝；群栖的禽鸟
- vi. 栖息；安歇
- vt. 使…栖息；为…提供歇息处
- n. (Roost)人名；(德)罗斯特
实用场景例句
- The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
- 孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Appeasement has come home to roost...
- 绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tommy is very bossy; he always wants to rule the roost.
- 汤米很专横, 他总是想一切由他支配.
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- Like benevolence and righteousness, they are roost on the way of practice.
- 它们就像仁义一样,是修行人在修行路上的休息站.
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- Cures, like chickens , come home to roost.
- 诅咒人者反咒自.
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- They ruled the roost.
- 他们是最好的.
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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.
- 你不该把那辆不安全的车卖掉, 你的不端行为迟早会得到报应.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't ask me! Mr Smith rules the roost in this office.
- 不要问我, 史密斯先生负责这个办公室.
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- At home Alfred Roberts roost , and there was no question that what he said went.
- 在家里,是艾尔弗雷德·罗伯茨说了算,他说什么, 就是什么,不容许表示任何怀疑.
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- Curses come home to roost.
- 诅咒他人,反而应验到自己身上.
辞典例句
- Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.
- 鸟儿 栖 在树上.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They came home to roost.
- 他们得到了恶报.
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- Peafowl fly well despite their size, and roost in trees at night.
- 孔雀不管大小, 都善于飞行,晚上在树上栖息.
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- Their lack of financial planning is now coming home to roost.
- 他们缺乏财政计画,现在得到报应了.
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- The birds are at roost in the trees.
- 鸟栖息在树枝上.
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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.
- 他得到冬天的恶报.
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- The space age, in other words, came home to roost on earth.
- 换句话说, 太空时代回归到曾经孕育了太空时代的地球.
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- 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.
辞典例句
- John rules the roost at home; his children and even his wife do everything he says.
- 约翰在家里头: 他的孩子甚至他妻子都按他说的行事.
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- Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.
- 鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚.
《简明英汉词典》
- E . g: The new house is small, but it is still his safest roost.
- 例子: 虽然新房子很小, 可是这还是他的安乐窝.
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- Chickens roost at night.
- 鸡晚上歇息.
《简明英汉词典》
- The highest branch is not the safest roost.
- 高枝不是安乐窝.
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- 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.
辞典例句
- In this house grandfather rules the roost.
- 祖父在这所房子里当家作主.
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- You'll get a dollar a pound when elephants roost in trees.
- 卖一块钱一磅?除非西边出太阳!
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