roosting

英 [ˈruːstɪŋ] 美 [ˈruːstɪŋ]

v.  栖息
roost的现在分词

COCA.41624

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  1. (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝
    A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. 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。
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    双语例句

    1. His advice was that the location of the house and garden were such that bad spirits and negative influences were "roosting" in the plants in the garden.
      风水先生说房子和花园的方位不佳，凶灵和阴气会“附身”在花园的植物上。
    2. Above them rose the primeval yews and oaks of The Chase, in which were poised gentle roosting birds in their last nap; and about them stole the hopping rabbits and hares.
      在他们的四周，都是猎苑里长的密密麻麻的古老的水杉和橡树，树上栖息的温柔小鸟还在睡最后的一觉；在树林中间，大大小小的野兔在悄悄地蹦来跳去。
    3. As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable. In the absence of vultures, they have been reduced to rigging their towers with solar reflectors to shrivel the corpses.
      你晓得，那些债主象兀鹰一般歇在树枝上，伺机对任何有价值的东西飞扑下来。如果没有兀鹫的话，帕西人就不得不在高塔上装备太阳反射装置来把死尸照枯。
    4. Once, a flock of birds flew past overhead, on their way to some hidden roosting place, uttering as they flew a clear bell-like chirp;
      有一次，一群鸟儿从我们头顶飞过。啾啾唧唧地清脆得像铃声一样叫着归巢；
    5. The street out here is full of people, and others are roosting on the fences, waiting to get a glimpse of you.
      外面街上站满了人，还有许多人骑在栅栏，大家都在等着要瞧你一眼。
    6. More recently, their numbers have fallen because of the widespread loss of wild wetland habitats needed for feeding, nesting, and roosting.
      最近，由于其栖息的湿地大面积地消失，其数量又一次急剧下降。
    7. Enormous open windows with heavy iron bars made the high and barren room the roosting place of hundreds of pigeons.
      沉重的铁条嵌在巨大的窗户上，其间出入的上百只鸽子把这个高处不胜寒的地方当成了他们惬意的居所。
    8. I am not sure how large the impact is the fire damage on roosting cormorants, but seems cormorants do not like the burnt areas much.
      暂时未清楚对它们实际影响有多大，不过发现似乎它们不太喜欢烧过的地方。
    9. The explosion scattered a flock of birds roosting in the trees.
      爆炸声把树上的鸟惊飞了。
    10. We have visited Nam Sang Wai again recently, the second fire on1st Jan is very close to a known roosting site for Great Cormorants.
      我们近日再到访南生围视察，发现一月一日山火非常接近一片鸬鹚夜栖的林木。
    11. 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。
    12. Roosting behavior and factors affecting roost-site used by reeve's pheasant ( syrmaticus reevesii) in winter
      白冠长尾雉冬季夜栖行为与夜栖地利用影响因子的研究
    13. The number of crows roosting into the city showed a seasonal change and the most was estimated for 10?
      乌鸦入城夜宿的高峰期为最寒冷的2~3月份，估计数量达10000只。
    14. This paper describes experiments on treating arsenic bearing dust resulted in rotary roosting kiln.
      介绍了处理回转窑焙烧含砷物料所产烟尘的试验研究。
    15. The results showed that Anser indicus usually flied away from the roosting area at 7:30 am, and came back from the main activity area at 7:30 pm.
      结果表明：斑头雁通常是早上730后飞离夜栖地，傍晚1930以后从主要活动地飞回夜栖地。
    16. This heron mixed with little egrets ( Egretta garzetta) and other species of egrets or herons, wading and feeding in water or roosting on the islet.
      该白脸鹭混杂于白鹭（Egrettagarzetta）等鹭类群体内，涉水觅食或栖息于岸上。
    17. Observation on Roosting Rhythm of Passer montanus in Chengdu Urban Districts
      成都市区麻雀夜宿规律初步观察
    18. His masterpiece, Hawk Roosting, thoroughly reveals such creative style. By the description of a series of special images of animals, Hughes aims at making people think about the relationships between animals, man and nature.
      休斯的代表作《鹰之栖息》通过对一系列动物的特殊形象的描写，旨在引发人们对动物、人与自然关系的深入思考。
    19. Hawk, Man and Nature& On the writing of "animal poems" by Ted Hughes from Hawk Roosting
      鹰人自然&从《鹰之栖息》看泰德休斯的动物诗歌创作
    20. Cormorant foraging flocks directly flew among foraging areas, resting site, and roosting site but usually flew along coast if their path cuts land.
      鸬鹚出海后的飞行路径，应是连接觅食区域、休息区域、及夜栖区域之间的最短距离，但若会切到陆地，则常会沿海岸迂回前进。
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