英语词汇“to go to roost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to go (also come) to roost.

(a) Of a bird: to go to the roosting place, to begin to roost.

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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > perch

sitOE

jouka1400

perch?a1425

to go (also come) to roosta1529

roost1530

perka1598

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 191 The hennes ron in the mashfat; For they go to roust Streyght ouer the ale ioust.

1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 99 When the crowned Cock..Comes to rooste by him.

1648 H. Hexham Groot woorden-boeck Roesten, to Jugge, or goe to Roest, as Hens, Patridges, &c.

1764 S. Foote Patron ii. 41 Total darkness, indeed! and birds goin to roost! Those philomaths, those almanack-makers, are the most ignorant rascals.

1797–1808 S. Vince Elem. Astron. xxi. 228 The birds went to roost.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt viii. 109 These birds go to roost long before night.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 23 The swallows were gone to roost amidst the ivy.

1931 Pop. Mech. Feb. 343/2 A new..remedy for poultry lice is to paint the perch poles with nicotine sulphate just before the birds go to roost.

1990 ‘B. Vine’ Gallowglass xxi. 252 All the birds had gone to roost for the night.

(b) figurative. [Compare Dutch te roest gaan to retire, go to bed (17th cent. with reference to people, now rare and only with reference to birds, except in regional use (Zeeland)).] Of a person: to retire to rest.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)]

to go to (one's) resteOE

to take (one's) restc1175

to go to bedc1275

to lie downc1275

reposec1485

down-lie1505

bed1635

to turn in1695

retire1696

lay1768

to go to roost1829

to turn or peak the flukes1851

kip1889

doss1896

to hit the hay1912

to hit the deck1918

to go down1922

to bunk down1940

to hit the sack1943

to sack out1946

to sack down1956

1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 5 July (1946) 91 So to roost upon a crust of bread & a glass of small beer, my usual supper.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiii. 293 'Tis time for me to go to roost. I will have my gruel a-bed.

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey (1886) 212 Half an hour later, and I must have gone supperless to roost.

1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman viii. 125 ‘Good-night. I'm goin' to roost.’ ‘Night, Dave.’

1952 T. Lea Wonderful Country iv. 322 Mart and me have been on the road since daylight... If you don't mind, I'm going to roost.

(c) In extended use.

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1927 E. C. L. Adams Congaree Sketches xi. 24 Ole Sister had de angels..so 'sturbed up dey was feared to go to roost at night.

1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 139 He's ‘trimmlin’ the chairs; that's to say, he's making quite sure that the spirit of the departed hasn't gone to roost while the corpse is on its way to the churchyard.

2003 A. Bruce tr. H. Berlioz Musical Madhouse 58 Where do you suppose lyricism has gone to roost?

单词	to go to roost
释义	> as lemmas to go (also come) to roost a. to go (also come) to roost. (a) Of a bird: to go to the roosting place, to begin to roost. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > perch sitOE jouka1400 perch?a1425 to go (also come) to roosta1529 roost1530 perka1598 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 191 The hennes ron in the mashfat; For they go to roust Streyght ouer the ale ioust. 1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 99 When the crowned Cock..Comes to rooste by him. 1648 H. Hexham Groot woorden-boeck Roesten, to Jugge, or goe to Roest, as Hens, Patridges, &c. 1764 S. Foote Patron ii. 41 Total darkness, indeed! and birds goin to roost! Those philomaths, those almanack-makers, are the most ignorant rascals. 1797–1808 S. Vince Elem. Astron. xxi. 228 The birds went to roost. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt viii. 109 These birds go to roost long before night. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 23 The swallows were gone to roost amidst the ivy. 1931 Pop. Mech. Feb. 343/2 A new..remedy for poultry lice is to paint the perch poles with nicotine sulphate just before the birds go to roost. 1990 ‘B. Vine’ Gallowglass xxi. 252 All the birds had gone to roost for the night. (b) figurative. [Compare Dutch te roest gaan to retire, go to bed (17th cent. with reference to people, now rare and only with reference to birds, except in regional use (Zeeland)).] Of a person: to retire to rest. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] to go to (one's) resteOE to take (one's) restc1175 to go to bedc1275 to lie downc1275 reposec1485 down-lie1505 bed1635 to turn in1695 retire1696 lay1768 to go to roost1829 to turn or peak the flukes1851 kip1889 doss1896 to hit the hay1912 to hit the deck1918 to go down1922 to bunk down1940 to hit the sack1943 to sack out1946 to sack down1956 1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 5 July (1946) 91 So to roost upon a crust of bread & a glass of small beer, my usual supper. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiii. 293 'Tis time for me to go to roost. I will have my gruel a-bed. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey (1886) 212 Half an hour later, and I must have gone supperless to roost. 1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman viii. 125 ‘Good-night. I'm goin' to roost.’ ‘Night, Dave.’ 1952 T. Lea Wonderful Country iv. 322 Mart and me have been on the road since daylight... If you don't mind, I'm going to roost. (c) In extended use. ΚΠ 1927 E. C. L. Adams Congaree Sketches xi. 24 Ole Sister had de angels..so 'sturbed up dey was feared to go to roost at night. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 139 He's ‘trimmlin’ the chairs; that's to say, he's making quite sure that the spirit of the departed hasn't gone to roost while the corpse is on its way to the churchyard. 2003 A. Bruce tr. H. Berlioz Musical Madhouse 58 Where do you suppose lyricism has gone to roost? extracted from roostn.¹ < as lemmas
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