• n. 棲木；鳥窩；群棲的禽鳥
• vi. 棲息；安歇
• vt. 使…棲息；為…提供歇息處
• n. (Roost)人名；(德)羅斯特

來自古英語 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.

現今，這個國家由民族主義者掌權并分派工作。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Appeasement has come home to roost.

綏靖政策的惡果已經顯現出來了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost.

鴿子的本能使它們返回鴿棚.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Chickens roost at night.

雞晚上歇息.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.

鳥兒 棲 在樹上.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》