roost

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roost 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 栖木, 休息所, 群栖的禽鸟

vi. 栖息, 安歇

vt. 使栖息

英文释义

n. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds

n. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

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

roost 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 roost 在自然语境里怎么用：

An invasive population of parakeets was killing the bats to gain access to cavities in trees for roosting.

—— Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

Many species of birds, most especially raptors and corvids, prey on bats, which are vulnerable to ambush as they leave their roosts.

—— Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

That concluding event in the day of the rooster—his return to the roost—brings to mind an old name for a time of day: cockshut.

—— From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

In the February 2010 issue of Biology Letters, researchers in Germany and Hungary published a report that described Great Tits pillaging a pipistrelle bat roost in a cave in Hungary during winters.

—— Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

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