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单词 rookeries
释义

rook1 /rŭk/

noun
  1. A gregarious species of crow
  2. A card-sharp (slang)
  3. A simpleton (obsolete)
transitive verb

To fleece

ORIGIN: OE hrōc

rookˈery noun

  1. A breeding-place of rooks in a group of trees
  2. A breeding-place of penguins, seals, etc
  3. A crowded cluster of slum tenements (archaic)
  4. A place unpleasantly overcrowded with a particular group or type (figurative)
  5. A disturbance (slang or dialect)

rookˈish adjective

rookˈy adjective (Shakespeare)

Full of rooks, or poss black, murky (see roky under roke)

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