roost
The place where a bird sleepsThe place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
» I'm thinking of burning your roost.
Значення
значень: 6The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
(збірне)A group of birds roosting together.
Nest
насе́стnasést
сі́далоsídalo
A bedroom.
(Шотландія)The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.
Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”).
- a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
Приклади
речень: 11I'm thinking of burning your roost.
All chickens come home to roost.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
The chickens have come home to roost.
ruКак аукнулось, так и откликнулось.
Some birds migrate to roost during specific seasons.
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framFrom Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan.
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