单词 | roosting time |
释义 | > as lemmasroosting time roosting time n. ΚΠ a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iv. sig. F2v At roosting time a little lodge can hold 'em. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman July xvi. 99 I..took the Hen and her Young, at Roosting-Time. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. 119 All the Toucanets feed on the same trees... You will find it has only been a dinner party, which breaks up and disperses towards roosting time. 1953 Brit. Jrnl. Animal Behaviour 1 91/1 In England the changes in the roosting times [of Great Tits] are similar to those in the north but less marked. 2008 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 Apr. a39 Parker's solos..swoop and soar like flocking birds at roosting time. < as lemmas |
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