roost

• 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

来自古英语 hrost,禽鸟栖息处，来自 Proto-Germanic*hrodst,栖息。

roost (n.)

late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (cognates: 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.

来自柯林斯例句

2. Appeasement has come home to roost.

绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

鸽子的本能使它们返回鸽棚.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Chickens roost at night.

鸡晚上歇息.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.

鸟儿 栖 在树上.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》