roost的中文翻译是什么意思

roost

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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

roost柯林斯释义

N-COUNT(鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处,窝

A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.

    VERB栖息

    When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there.

    • The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.

      孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。

    PHRASE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.

    • 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。

    PHRASE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.

    • 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。

    roost英文释义

    Noun

    1. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

      2. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

        Verb

        1. sit, as on a branch;

        • The birds perched high in the treee

        2. settle down or stay, as if on a roost

          roost短语

          1. curses, like chickens, come home to roost

            (谚)做错事(或坏事)会有报应,自作自受

          2. come home to roost

            后果,恶报:尤指有不幸的间接影响或后果

          3. rule the roost【非正式用语】

            主管;主宰,支配一切

          roost场景例句

          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.

          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.

          Cures, like chickens , come home to roost.

          诅咒人者反咒自.

          They ruled the roost.

          他们是最好的.

          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.

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