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

单词	rookery
释义	rook·ery \ˈru̇kərē, -ri\ noun (-s) Etymology: rook (I) + -ery 1. a. : the group of nests or the breeding place of a colony of rooks; also : a colony of rooks b. : a breeding ground or common haunt of other gregarious birds or animals (as herons, penguins, or seals); also : a colony of such birds or animals : roost 1d 2. a. : a dilapidated tenement or run-down group of dwellings < typhoid ran rampant in the rookeries which masqueraded as homes — Sat. Eve. Post > b. : a building with many rooms or occupants often of a diverse sort < in this rookery of half-fed students, astrologers, prostitutes, actors, models, prizefighters, quacks, and dancers — Van Wyck Brooks > 3. : a center or congregation of persons or things of a homogeneous nature < is simply a rookery of civil servants — Times Literary Supplement > < between Iceland and Greenland are two such storm rookeries — P.M.Swatek > 4. chiefly dialect : rumpus : disturbance
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