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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But if we go out,
但是我们出去后，
One party is entitled to cancel the contract if the other side cannot execute it.
如果一方不履行合同，另一方有权取消合同。
A moment later, the Class 4 runner fell and hurt his leg, but he quickly got up and went on running.
过了一会儿，4班的运动员摔倒了，伤了腿，但是他很快爬起来，继续往前跑。