roosting

英 [ˈruːstɪŋ]

美 [ˈruːstɪŋ]

v.  栖息
roost的现在分词

COCA.41624

柯林斯词典

• (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝
  Aroostis a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
• VERB 栖息
  When birds or batsroostsomewhere, they rest or sleep there.
  1. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
     孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。
• PHRASE 自食苦果;得到惩罚;遭到报应
  If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the pasthave come home to roost, or if theirchickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions.
  1. Appeasement has come home to roost...
     绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 当家;作主;主宰;领导
  If you say that someonerules the roostin a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there.
  1. Today the country's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.
     现今，这个国家由民族主义者掌权并分派工作。

双语例句

• This heron mixed with little egrets ( Egretta garzetta) and other species of egrets or herons, wading and feeding in water or roosting on the islet.
  该白脸鹭混杂于白鹭（Egrettagarzetta）等鹭类群体内，涉水觅食或栖息于岸上。
• We have visited Nam Sang Wai again recently, the second fire on1st Jan is very close to a known roosting site for Great Cormorants.
  我们近日再到访南生围视察，发现一月一日山火非常接近一片鸬鹚夜栖的林木。
• The results showed that Anser indicus usually flied away from the roosting area at 7:30 am, and came back from the main activity area at 7:30 pm.
  结果表明：斑头雁通常是早上730后飞离夜栖地，傍晚1930以后从主要活动地飞回夜栖地。
• The street out here is full of people, and others are roosting on the fences, waiting to get a glimpse of you.
  外面街上站满了人，还有许多人骑在栅栏，大家都在等着要瞧你一眼。
• Cormorant foraging flocks directly flew among foraging areas, resting site, and roosting site but usually flew along coast if their path cuts land.
  鸬鹚出海后的飞行路径，应是连接觅食区域、休息区域、及夜栖区域之间的最短距离，但若会切到陆地，则常会沿海岸迂回前进。
• More recently, their numbers have fallen because of the widespread loss of wild wetland habitats needed for feeding, nesting, and roosting.
  最近，由于其栖息的湿地大面积地消失，其数量又一次急剧下降。
• Above them rose the primeval yews and oaks of The Chase, in which were poised gentle roosting birds in their last nap; and about them stole the hopping rabbits and hares.
  在他们的四周，都是猎苑里长的密密麻麻的古老的水杉和橡树，树上栖息的温柔小鸟还在睡最后的一觉；在树林中间，大大小小的野兔在悄悄地蹦来跳去。
• Enormous open windows with heavy iron bars made the high and barren room the roosting place of hundreds of pigeons.
  沉重的铁条嵌在巨大的窗户上，其间出入的上百只鸽子把这个高处不胜寒的地方当成了他们惬意的居所。
• His masterpiece, Hawk Roosting, thoroughly reveals such creative style. By the description of a series of special images of animals, Hughes aims at making people think about the relationships between animals, man and nature.
  休斯的代表作《鹰之栖息》通过对一系列动物的特殊形象的描写，旨在引发人们对动物、人与自然关系的深入思考。
• His advice was that the location of the house and garden were such that bad spirits and negative influences were "roosting" in the plants in the garden.
  风水先生说房子和花园的方位不佳，凶灵和阴气会“附身”在花园的植物上。