英语词汇“roost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

noun | verb

roostroost2 verb [intransitive]

VERB TABLE

roost

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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.