Roost

(noun.) a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep.

(noun.) a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.

(verb.) settle down or stay, as if on a roost.

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• Little white villages surrounded by trees, nestle in the valleys or roost upon the lofty perpendicular sea-walls. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I noticed that they all went to roost just before totality. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But secrets have to be long-winded and roost high if they want to get away when the 'Old Man' goes hunting for them. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is a pity he could not judge it from some roost of his own in Mecca, without trespassing on our holy ground. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It being now past midnight, the bird of prey went straight to roost. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• At ten o'clock I went round and saw that all the fellows had gone to roost, for I believe in strict training and plenty of sleep to keep a team fit. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Would the just-hatched young sometimes adhere to the feet of birds roosting on the ground and thus get transported? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• This cat had a fashion of climbing up the elephant's hind legs and roosting on his back. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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