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单词 roost
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roost

Word family nounroosterroost
Related topics: Birds
roost1 /ruːst/ noun [countableC]  
HBBa place where birds rest and sleep 〔鸟的〕栖息处
rule the roost at rule2(4)
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Related topics: Birds
roost2 verb [intransitiveI]  
1. HBBif a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere 〔鸟〕栖息
2 somebody’s chickens come home to roost  (also something comes home to roost)PROBLEM used to say that someone’s past mistakes are causing problems for them now 自食其果;自作自受
 After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost.
年复一年地超支,现在终于尝到苦果了。
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Origin roost1
Old English hrost
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