1. come home to roost : 得到恶报；

2. rule the roost : 当家；

3. go to roost : 就寝；

4. at roost : 栖息着, 睡着；

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1. Some birds roosted on a branch.
    几只鸟栖于树枝上。

1. roost的反义词

1. The noise alarmed the whole roost into flight.
    那闹声把一群栖息着的鸟吓得都飞走了。

2. Look! There is a roost in this tree.
    看！这棵树上有个鸟巢。

3. The eaves of this deserted house have become the roost for pigeons.
    这所无人住的房子的屋檐成了鸽子的歇息处。

1. 鸟窝：roorback 谣言中伤 | roost 鸟窝 | rooster 雄禽

2. 棲巢：rookery 築巢處 | roost 棲巢 | roosting colony 棲息群

3. 喧嚣潮汐急流：room 室 | roost 喧嚣潮汐急流 | roost 喧嚣潮汐急流;避风停泊处

4. 喧嚣潮汐急流;避风停泊处：roost 喧嚣潮汐急流 | roost 喧嚣潮汐急流;避风停泊处 | rooster-tail 船尾急流

1. (鸟类或蝙蝠的)栖息处，窝
    A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.

2. 栖息
    When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there.

    e.g. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
           孔雀栖息在附近的灌木丛里。

3. 自食苦果;得到惩罚;遭到报应
    If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions.

    e.g. Appeasement has come home to roost...
           绥靖政策的恶果已经显现出来了。
    e.g. 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。

4. 当家;作主;主宰;领导
    If you say that someone rules the roost in a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there.

roost的近义词

    e.g. 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。

1. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

2. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

1. settle down or stay, as if on a roost

2. sit, as on a branch

    e.g. The birds perched high in the tree

    Synonym: perchrest