roofs

英 [ruːfs]

美 [ruːfs]

n.  顶部; 屋顶; 车顶; 有…顶的; 洞顶; 隧道顶
v.  给…盖顶; 盖上屋顶
roof的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The plural can be pronounced /ruːfs/ or /ruːvz/. 复数可以读作 /ruːfs/ 或 /ruːvz/


• N-COUNT 房顶;屋顶
  Theroofof a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.
  1. ...a small stone cottage with a red slate roof...
     有着红色石板房顶的小石屋
  2. A pail stood in one corner of the room to catch the drips where the roof leaked.
     房间的一角放着一个提桶，以接住从屋顶漏下来的水滴。
• N-COUNT 顶篷;车顶;车篷
  Theroofof a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
  1. The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him.
     车翻了，把他困在了里面。
• N-COUNT 口腔顶部;上腭
  The roof ofyour mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
  1. She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
     她用舌头顶着上腭发出啧啧声。
• N-COUNT (洞穴、矿井等的)顶部
  Theroofof an underground space such as a cave or mine is the highest part of it.
  1. The cave roof collapsed.
     洞顶坍塌了。
• PHRASE （价格、通货膨胀率等）猛增，飞涨
  If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflationgoes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed.
  1. Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof.
     韩国艺术品的价格飞涨。
• PHRASE 怒气冲天;大发雷霆;暴跳如雷
  If youhit the rooforgo through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
  1. Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.
     如果我告诉朗中士你已经走了，他会大发雷霆的。
• PHRASE 住处;家
  If you havea roof overyourhead, you have somewhere to live.
  1. I am just thankful that we have a roof over our heads.
     我们有地方住我就很感激了。
• PHRASE （在屋内）喧闹，喧嚣，大闹翻天
  If a group of people inside a buildingraise the roof, they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
  1. He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
     他演唱自己改编的社会主义赞歌《红旗颂》时，声音穿透了会场的屋顶。
• PHRASE 同在一个屋檐下;在同一栋大楼里
  If a number of things or people areunder one rooforunder the same roof, they are in the same building.
  1. The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls...
     这些公司想一起开在同一栋大楼里，或者彼此紧挨着开在大型购物中心里。
  2. While his relations with his mother were reasonably satisfactory, having her living under the same roof was a totally different matter!
     虽然他和母亲的关系还算不错，但和她住在一起就完全是另外一回事了。
• PHRASE 在…的家里
  If something happensunderyourroof, it happens in your home.
  1. Lionel has forbidden her ever to mention that name again under his roof.
     莱昂内尔已经禁止她在他家里再提到这个名字。

双语例句

• He could see grimy roofs, factory chimneys and church spires.
  他可以看到肮脏的屋顶，工厂的烟囱和教堂的尖顶。
• The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs
  他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。
• They complained that they had been trapped inside the police station, but in fact most were seen escaping over the adjacent roofs to safety in nearby buildings
  他们抱怨说被困在了警察局里，但实际上，有人看见他们大多数人通过毗邻的屋顶，安全地逃到了附近的建筑物内。
• She opened the shutters and gazed out over village roofs.
  她打开了百叶窗，向外俯视着村里房子的屋顶。
• The house has been dismantled of its walls and roofs.
  那栋房屋的墙壁与屋顶已被拆除。
• Examples of common renovations include bathrooms and kitchens, but may also include floors and roofs.
  常见的例子包括装修浴室和厨房，但也可能包括地板和屋顶。
• The house fell into disrepair but a group of preservationists have reconstructed the roofs.
  这座房子年久失修，但一群古建筑保护者已翻盖了房顶。
• Yesterday, there are no roofs and bounding walls of our homeland.
  昨天，我们的家园没有屋顶和围墙。
• Support structurally, of roofs or bridges.
  在结构上支持，比如屋顶或桥。
• The roofs had shingles missing.
  一些屋顶板不见了。