| 单词 | roof |
| 释义 | noun | verb roofroof1 /ruf, rʊf/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 1OF A BUILDING the outside surface or structure on top of a building, vehicle, tent, etc.: We’ll need a ladder to get up on the roof. I left my coffee cup on the roof of the car.2a roof over your head somewhere to live: We always had food on the table and a roof over our heads.3go through the roof informal a)if a price, cost, etc. goes through the roof, it increases to a very high level b) (also hit the roof) to suddenly become very angry: If Dad sees you he’ll hit the roof!4MOUTH the roof of somebody’s mouth the hard upper part of the inside of your mouth5UNDER GROUND the highest part of a passage under the ground, a cave, etc.: the roof of the cave6under the same roof (also under one roof) in the same building or home: You can buy groceries, hardware, and other services all under one roof.7under somebody’s roof spoken in someone’s home: While you’re living under my roof, you’ll follow my rules.[Origin: Old English hrof] → see also raise the roof at raise1 (28), sunroof noun | verb roofroof2 verb [transitive usually passive] 1to put a roof on a building2metal-roofed/tile-roofed etc. having a roof that is covered with a particular material |
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