| 单词 | roost |
| 释义 | roost I. 1. a. b. < the starlings in these vast roosts — British Birds in Colour > c. < barns and chicken roosts that have been converted into living quarters — Dwight MacDonald > d. < alarms the whole roost into flight > 2. < the only roost was in the garret, which … contained 11 double beds — J.R.Lowell > 3. < rededicated that roost of B-36 intercontinental bombers — New York Times > < a roost of party members and supporters — Anthony West > < the informal roost for most designers — D.M.Oenslager > II. intransitive verb 1. a. < coveys roost like quail on the ground during the night in stubble, under grass, and under low bushes — L.W.Wing > < grasshoppers have a habit of roosting on sagebrush on warm nights — Ecology > < killed 90 percent of the flies that roosted on the walls and ceilings overnight — Science News Letter > < chickens roost at night > b. < the old men roosted on benches in front of the courthouse — Grace Metalious > < men roosting on the car roofs of freight trains — A.F.Harlow > < flyers roosting on the float of their overturned plane — E.L.Beach > 2. < vagrants wandered up and down the country, roosting in hedgerows — J.A.Symonds > < the hotels had been abandoned, and we roosted in them — A.J.Liebling > < planes … roosted in the supposedly safe Inland sea — Newsweek > transitive verb < so named because Indians roosted their turkeys here — Cecile Johnson > |
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