roost

noun

1. （鸟类的）栖息处
   a place where birds sleep

verb

1. 栖息
   to rest or go to sleep somewhere

1. (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝
   A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
2. VERB 栖息
   When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there.
   1. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
      孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
3. 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.
   1. Appeasement has come home to roost...
      绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
   2. 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。
4. 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.
   1. 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。

1. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
   孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
2. Appeasement has come home to roost
   绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Birds roost in [ on] the trees.
   鸟儿栖在树上。
6. All his lies have come home to roost.
   他的一切谎言都得到了恶报。
7. The pigeons were just gathering to roost, and sunlight slanted on the dove-cot, on their snowy feathers.
   鸽子正群集归栖，日光斜照在鸽埘上，照在他们雪白的羽毛上。
8. I'd say these days, the devil rules the roost.
   我会说最近呢，魔鬼统治住处。
9. 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。
10. Don't ask for trouble by offending the cock of the roost.
    别惹那头目，你会自找麻烦的。
11. Birds nesting in the tree-tops Look! There is a roost in this tree.
    看！这棵树上有个鸟巢。
12. 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。
13. That which wizard is bound to come home for roost!
    那个巫师一回家休息就要抓住他！
14. It's Bill's wife who really rules the roost in that family.
    比尔的太太才是他家的当家人。
15. Curse, like chicken, comes home to roost.
    诅咒像鸡雏，必回栖息木。以后再不会有咒诅。
16. 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。
17. The fact is, the NBA brand hasn't been this strong since Michael Jordan ruled the roost.
    事实上，自迈克尔•乔丹称雄以来NBA的品牌就没那么响亮过。
18. 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。
19. Sometimes her chickens come home to roost. That means her actions or words cause trouble for her.
    而有的时候她又太卤莽。意识是她的言行给她引来了麻烦。
20. 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。
21. His unkindness to his daughter came home to roost.
    他对女儿的刻薄得到了恶报。
22. At home Alfred Roberts rules the 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。
23. The hen sitting at the roost lays colored eggs, 3 at a time, which start falling down.
    母鸡坐在称雄奠定了色的鸡蛋，3日在一时间，开始倒下。
24. A wise fox will never rob his neighbor's hen roost.
    聪明的狐狸不劫邻居的鸡窝。
25. Singing and dancing can be OK, program number is infinite, rule the roost!
    唱歌跳舞都能行，节目数目正无穷，称雄！
26. There is only on person in that family who rules the roost, and that is the eldest son.
    那个家庭里只有一个人当家作主，那就是长子。
27. Old women with antediluvian ideas still ruled the roost.
    思想落伍的老妪们仍在当家作主。
28. The chickens roost there all winter.
    这些小鸡整个冬天都在那里栖息。
29. 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。
30. Zebra Doves roost at night high in trees and seem particularly fond of roosting in coconut palms.
    斑马鸽栖树高在夜间，似乎特别喜欢椰子棕榈的栖研究。

n.

rule the roost

• 当头头；充当首领；主宰
  to be the most powerful member of a group

v.

sth comes home to roost

• 自食恶果；报应到自己身上
  used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future

noun

1. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

2. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

verb

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

2. sit, as on a branch
   1. The birds perched high in the tree

   Synonym:    perchrest