roost

• n. 止まり木；巣；鳥の群れ
• vi.
• vt.止まり木を作る；休息場所を提供する
• n.（ねぐら）人の名前；（で）ねぐら

古英語の hrost（鳥のねぐら）、原ゲルマン語の *hrodst（ねぐら）から。

roost (n.)

late Old English hrost "wooden framework of a roof, perch for domestic fowl," from Proto-Germanic *hro(d)-st- (cognates: Old Saxon hrost "framework of a roof, attic," Middle Dutch, Flemish, Dutch roest "roost," Old Norse hrot, Gothic hrot "roof," of unknown origin. Exact relationship and ulterior connections unknown. Extended sense "hen-house" is from 1580s. To rule the roost is recorded from 1769.

roost (v.)

1520s, from roost (n.). Related: Roosted; roosting. Chickens come home to roost in reference to eventual consequences of bad actions attested from 1824; the original proverb seems to have been curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

1. Today the country 's nationalists rule the roost and hand out the jobs.

現在、この国はナショナリズム者が権力を握って仕事を割り当てている。

2.Appeasement has come home to roost .

宥和政策の悪果が現れている。

3.Instinct led the pigeons back to the roost .

鳩の本能によって鳩小屋に戻る。

4.Chickens roost at night.

鶏は夜に休息する。

5. Birds roost in [ on ] the trees.

鳥が木に棲んでいる.