Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense roosts, present participle roosting, past tense, past participle roosted
1N-COUNT (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处,窝 A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep. (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处,窝
2VERB 栖息 When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there. 栖息
The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs. [VERB prep./adv.]
孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
3PHRASE 自食苦果;得到惩罚;遭到报应 If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions. 自食苦果;得到惩罚;遭到报应
Appeasement has come home to roost.
绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost.
政客们有时能够愚弄一些人,但最终他们都会自食恶果。
4PHRASE 当家;作主;主宰;领导 If you say that someone rules the roost in a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there. 当家;作主;主宰;领导 [informal]
Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.