Wordiyoroost
🇬🇧 UK/ru:st/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
A place where birds sleep or rest, such as a branch or nest
（鸟的）栖息处，栖木
v.
To settle on a perch or branch to sleep or rest
（鸟）栖息，歇宿
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishroostother
=roost
Common Collocations
- 1.come home to roost自食其果，恶有恶报
- 2.rule the roost称王称霸，说了算
- 3.[communal roost][集体栖息地]
- 4.return to roost归巢栖息
Example Sentences
- 1.
Hundreds of bats returned to their roost in the old barn at dusk.
- 2.
The pigeons found a comfortable roost under the bridge.
- 3.
As the saying goes, chickens always come home to roost.