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N-COUNT
(鳥類或蝙蝠的)棲息處，窩
A roost is a place where birds or bats rest or sleep.
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VERB
棲息
When birds or bats roost somewhere, they rest or sleep there.
例句
The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
孔雀棲息在附近的灌木叢里。
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PHRASE
自食苦果;得到懲罰;遭到報應
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.
例句
Appeasement has come home to roost...
綏靖政策的惡果已經顯現出來了。
Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost.
政客們有時能夠愚弄一些人，但最終他們都會自食惡果。
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PHRASE
當家;作主;主宰;領導
If you say that someone rules the roost in a particular place, you mean that they have control and authority over the people there.
例句
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。