roost
roost 英 [ru:st] 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
进行时:roosting 过去式:roosted 过去分词:roosted 第三人称单数:roosts 名词复数:roosts
- A roost is a place where birds or bats can sleep or rest safely. Backyard chickens need a comfortable, secure roost to stay warm and rested.
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- 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
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1. Bald eagles and ospreys roost in the old cottonwoods that line the gravel shores.
秃鹰和鱼鹰在砾石河岸边的棉白杨林中栖息下来。
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2. Horse feed and water troughs should be relocated to areas away from where bats feed or roost.
应改换马的饲料槽和饮水槽位置，使它们远离蝙蝠进食或栖息的地方。
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3. By night they roost in the gently flowing shallows of the Platte, shin-deep in cool water, or else on sandbars, giving them warning against any predator that might come splashing out.
在夜里，它们栖息在普拉特河缓缓流动的浅水处，呆在没腿的凉爽河水中或沙洲上，因为溅起的水花会警告它们，可能有捕食者来了。
- roost (n.) late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (source also of Old Saxon hrost "framework of a roof, attic," Middle Dutch, Flemish, Dutch roest "roost," Old Norse hrot, Gothic hrot "roof," of unknown origin. Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. Extended sense "hen-house" is from 1580s. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.
- roost (v.) 1520s, from roost (n.). Related: Roosted; roosting. Chickens come home to roost in reference to eventual consequences of bad actions attested from 1824; the original proverb seems to have been curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
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