| 单词 | roof |
| 释义 | Related topics: Building, Constructionldoce_287_eroof1 /ruːf $ ruːf, rʊf/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 1 TBTOPthe structure that covers or forms the top of a building, vehicle, tent etc 〔建筑物、汽车、帐篷等的〕顶，顶部 They finally found the cat up on the roof. 他们最后在屋顶上找到了那只猫。roof of We can probably strap the cases to the roof of her car. 我们也许可以把箱子捆在她的车顶上。slate/tiled/thatched etc roof 石板瓦/瓦片/茅草等屋顶 a flat roof 平顶 a pitched roof (=sloping roof) 斜顶red-roofed/metal-roofed etc a wooden-roofed theatre 木屋顶的戏院 →5 See picture of chimney 烟囱, gable 三角墙, beam 梁 ... →4 See picture of 见图 roof →4 See picture on 见图 Page A11 Where to stay 住的地方2 TBCthe top of a passage under the ground 〔地下通道的〕顶部；天花板 Suddenly, the whole tunnel roof caved in. 突然间，隧道顶部整个塌陷。3 a roof over your head DHHsomewhere to live 栖身之所 I may not have a job, but at least I’ve got a roof over my head. 我是没有工作，但我至少还有个住的地方。4 go through the roof informal a) (also hit the roof)ANGRY to suddenly become very angry 暴跳如雷，火冒三丈 Put that back before Dad sees you and hits the roof! 赶紧放回去，免得爸爸看见了大发雷霆！ b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTif a price, cost etc goes through the roof, it increases to a very high level 〔价格、成本等〕飞涨5. the roof of somebody’s mouth HBHthe hard upper part of the inside of your mouth 上腭6 under the same roof/under one roof TOGETHERin the same building or home 在同一屋檐下 If we’re going to live under the same roof, we need to get along. 我们要想住在同一个屋檐下，就得和睦相处。 Here you can buy food, clothes, and electrical goods all under one roof. 就在这一家店里你可以买到食物、衣服和电器。7 under somebody’s roof spokenHOME in your home 在某人的家里 As long as you live under my roof, you’ll do as I say. 只要你住在我家里，就得照我说的办。8. the roof falls/caves in SERIOUS SITUATION informal especially American English if the roof falls in or caves in, something bad suddenly happens to you when you do not expect it 飞来横祸；突遭不幸 → raise the roof at raise1(24), → sunroofn COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + roofa flat roofShe used to sunbathe on the flat roof.a sloping roofThe path led to a log cabin with a chalet-style sloping roof. a pitched roof (=with parts that slope down)a row of garages with tiled pitched roofs.a tiled roof (=covered with pieces of baked clay)a slate roof (=covered with thin pieces of a grey rock)a thatched roof (=made of dried straw)She lived in a pretty country cottage with a thatched roof.a leaky/leaking roof (=one that lets rain in)We needed to fix the leaky roof.Examples from the Corpusroof• Above their heads the kites moved with a rustle of wings from the Club roof to the branch of a tree.• Mitchell knew they must look predatory on the spread of the low roof.• At King Saud Mosque, Jeddah, we covered a large courtyard with an opening lightweight metal roof.• He let it slither down the roof to the building's guttering.• Is it too heavy for the roof?• Four silhouettes with rifles, perched at each corner of the roof.• I left my coffee cup on the roof of the car.• We'll need a ladder to get up on the roof.• At the last second, he jumped from the saddle and swung on the trailer roof as the horse went in.pitched roof• The traditional greenhouse shape is a rectangular floor area, near-upright sides and a pitched roof.• We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.• Octagonal cupolas covered by flat pitched roofs were still normal crossing space covering.• They all have pitched roofs, right?• High pitched roofs contain the typical ornamental dormers.• Timber fascias and barge-boards are standard, while many pitched roof garages feature timber-clad gable ends.• It has rubble-stone walls and its steeply pitched roofs make the granite-capped chimneys seem all the higher.• As if on cue, Aunt Mary praised the pitched roofs and admired the details etched on the apple-colored walls.Related topics: Constructionroof2 verb [transitive] 1 TBCto put a roof on a building 给〔建筑物〕盖屋顶be roofed with something a cottage roofed with the local slate 用当地的石板瓦做房顶的小屋n Grammar Roof is usually passive.2 roof something ↔ in/over phrasal verb British English TBCto cover an open space by putting a roof over it 给〔空地〕加顶 We’re going to roof in the yard to make a garage. 我们打算给院子加个顶当车库。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbe roofed with something• Later and larger basilicas were roofed with concrete vaults which rested on a few, very large piers.Origin roof1 Old English hrofroof1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1roof2 verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChinese a structure building, of covers that the forms the or top Corpus |
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