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| 1 | the top outer part of a building 屋顶；房顶 |
| The roof is leaking again. 屋顶又漏雨了。 |
| a thatched roof (=made of straw) 茅草屋顶 |
| | 1a | the top outer part of a temporary structure （临时建筑的）篷顶 | | Rain pattered on the roof of the tent. 雨点吧嗒吧嗒地打在帐篷顶上。 | |
| | 1b | the top outer part of a vehicle 车顶 | | One man had climbed onto the roof of his car. 有一个人爬上了他的车顶。 | |
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| 2 | the highest part of an underground area or structure （地下区域或建筑的）顶部 |
| rock formations on the roof of the cave 洞顶的岩石构成 |
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| 3 | the hard top part of the inside of your mouth 上颚 |
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| - | go through the roof
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| 1 | informal to increase quickly to a very high level 迅速增加到很高的水平 | Share prices have gone through the roof in the past six months. 股票价格已经涨到了过去6个月的最高值。 | |
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| 2 | informal to suddenly become extremely angry 大发雷霆；暴跳如雷 |
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| - | raise the roof informal
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| 1 | to make a lot of noise 喧闹；吵翻天 | The applause raised the roof. 掌声震耳欲聋。 | |
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| 2 | to complain in an angry noisy way 愤怒地大声抱怨 |
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| - | the roof of the world
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| used for referring to a very high place such as the top of a mountain |
| 世界屋脊（指很高的地方，如山顶） |
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| - | a roof over your head
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| a place to live |
| 栖身之所；住处 |
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| Some people are struggling to keep a roof over their head. 一些人正在为栖身之所而挣扎。 |
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| - | under sb’ s roof
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| in someone’ s home |
| 在某人的家中 |
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| As long as you’ re living under my roof, you’ ll do as I say. 只要你住在我家，就得照我说的做。 |
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| - | under the same roof
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| in the same home |
| 在同一所房子里；在同一屋檐下 |
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| They could no longer bear to live under the same roof. 他们再也不能忍受居住在同一所房子里了。 |
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