释义 |
noun | verb roostroost1 /rust/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYroost1Origin: Old English hrost a place where birds rest and sleep → see also rule the roost at rule2 (6) noun | verb roostroost2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEroost |
Present | I, you, we, they | roost | | he, she, it | roosts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | roosted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have roosted | | he, she, it | has roosted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had roosted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will roost | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have roosted |
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Present | I | am roosting | | he, she, it | is roosting | | you, we, they | are roosting | Past | I, he, she, it | was roosting | | you, we, they | were roosting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been roosting | | he, she, it | has been roosting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been roosting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be roosting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been roosting |
1science, biology if a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere2somebody’s chickens come home to roost (also something comes home to roost) used to say that someone’s past mistakes are causing problems for him or her now: Their extravagant overspending has come home to roost. |