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roost 音标拼音: [r'ust] n. 栖木,鸟窝,休息所
vi. 栖息,安歇
vt. 使栖息 栖木,鸟窝,休息所栖息,安歇使栖息 roost n 1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds 2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep v 1: sit, as on a branch; " The birds perched high in the tree" [ synonym: { perch}, { roost}, { rest}] 2: settle down or stay, as if on a roostRoust \ Roust\, n. [ Cf. Icel. r[" o] st an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [ Written also { rost}, and { roost}.] -- Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster]
Roost \ Roost\, n. Roast. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Roost \ Roost\, v. t. See { Roust}, v. t. [ 1913 Webster]
Roost \ Roost\, n. [ AS. hr[= o] st; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. { Roof}.] 1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. [ 1913 Webster] He clapped his wings upon his roost. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A collection of fowls roosting together. [ 1913 Webster] { At roost}, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest. [ 1913 Webster]
Roost \ Roost\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Roosting}.] 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. [ 1913 Webster] O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. -- Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " roost": abide, accommodations, anchor, aviary, be seated, berth, billet, billet at, bird cage, birdhouse, bivouac, board, bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize, columbary, come to anchor, diggings, digs, domesticate, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dovecote, drop anchor, dwell, ensconce, establish residence, hang out, hive, house, housing, hut, inhabit, keep house, land, light, live, live at, living quarters, locate, lodge, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, pigeon house, pigeon loft, populate, put up, quarter, quarters, relocate, remain, remain seated, reside, room, rooms, roosting place, set, set down, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, shelter, sit, sit down, sleeping place, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant, touch down
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