The plural can be pronounced /ruːfs/ or /ruːvz/. 复数可以读作 /ruːfs/ 或 /ruːvz/
1 N-COUNT 房顶;屋顶 The
roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.
房顶;屋顶 -
...a small stone cottage with a red slate roof.
有着红色石板房顶的小石屋
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A pail stood in one corner of the room to catch the drips where the roof leaked.
房间的一角放着一个提桶,以接住从屋顶漏下来的水滴。
2 N-COUNT 顶篷;车顶;车篷 The
roof of a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
顶篷;车顶;车篷 3 N-COUNT 口腔顶部;上腭 The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
口腔顶部;上腭 4 N-COUNT (洞穴、矿井等的)顶部 The
roof of an underground space such as a cave or mine is the highest part of it.
(洞穴、矿井等的)顶部 -
The cave roof collapsed.
洞顶坍塌了。
5 PHRASE (价格、通货膨胀率等)猛增,飞涨 If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation
goes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed.
(价格、通货膨胀率等)猛增,飞涨 [informal] 6 PHRASE 怒气冲天;大发雷霆;暴跳如雷 If you
hit the roof or
go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
怒气冲天;大发雷霆;暴跳如雷 [informal] 7 PHRASE [head inflects] 住处;家 If you have
a roof over your
head, you have somewhere to live.
住处;家 8 PHRASE (在屋内)喧闹,喧嚣,大闹翻天 If a group of people inside a building
raise the roof, they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
(在屋内)喧闹,喧嚣,大闹翻天 -
He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
他演唱自己改编的社会主义赞歌《红旗颂》时,声音穿透了会场的屋顶。
9 PHRASE 同在一个屋檐下;在同一栋大楼里 If a number of things or people are
under one roof or
under the same roof, they are in the same building.
同在一个屋檐下;在同一栋大楼里 -
The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls.
这些公司想一起开在同一栋大楼里,或者彼此紧挨着开在大型购物中心里。
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While his relations with his mother were reasonably satisfactory, having her living under the same roof was a totally different matter!
虽然他和母亲的关系还算不错,但和她住在一起就完全是另外一回事了。
10 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb, verb-link PHRASE] 在…的家里 If something happens
under your
roof, it happens in your home.
在…的家里 Word Partnership | Use roof with: |
N. | roof of a building/house, metal roof, rain on a roof, slate roof, tin roof 1 |
VERB. | roof collapses, roof leaks, repair a roof 1 |
ADJ. | retractable roof 1 2 |
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