roost

英 [ru?st] 美[rust]

TEM8TOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?roosts;第三人稱單數(shù):?roosts;過去式:?roosted;過去分詞:?roosted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?roosting;

roost音“入室的”→入室棲息

roost 鳥類棲息處，棲息

來自古英語(yǔ) hrost,禽鳥棲息處，來自 Proto-Germanic*hrodst,棲息。

roost (n.): late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (cognates: Old Saxon hrost "framework of a roof, attic," Middle Dutch, Flemish, Dutch roest "roost," Old Norse hrot, Gothic hrot "roof," of unknown origin. Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. Extended sense "hen-house" is from 1580s. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.
roost (v.): 1520s, from roost (n.). Related: Roosted; roosting. Chickens come home to roost in reference to eventual consequences of bad actions attested from 1824; the original proverb seems to have been curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

1. Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.: 現(xiàn)今，這個(gè)國(guó)家由民族主義者掌權(quán)并分派工作。