roof
n (pl ~s)
1 structure covering or forming the top of a building, vehicle, etc (建筑物、 车辆等的)顶部; 屋顶; 车顶
a flat/sloping roof 平的[斜的]顶
fly above the roofs of the city 在城市上空飞行
Although divorced, they continued to live under the same roof, ie in the same house. 他们已经离婚了, 但仍然同住在一所房子里.
a library and concert-hall both under one roof, ie in the same building 设在同一座建筑物内的图书馆和音乐听
have a/no roof over one's head, ie have a/no place to live 有[没有]住处
The roof of the mine passage collapsed. 巷道的顶部塌了.
a painful sore in the roof of her mouth, ie the palate 她 部的痛处
(rhet 修辞) the roof of the world, ie the highest part, esp a mountain (range) or plateau 世界屋脊(最高的部分, 尤指山脉或高原). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, pages vi, xii.
2 (idm 习语) go through the roof (infml 口) become very angry 怒气冲天
She went through the roof when I told her I'd crashed her car. 我告诉她我把她的汽车撞坏了, 她气得大发雷霆. Cf 参看 hit the ceiling/roof (hit1). raise the roof => raise. roof, v (pt, pp ~ed ) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth (over/in) (with sth) cover sth with a roof; be a roof for sth 给某物装上顶部; 作某物的顶部
roof (over) a yard (with sheets of plastic) (用塑料板)给院子搭顶篷
a plan to roof in the stadium 给露天体育场加盖顶篷的计画
a hut crudely roofed with strips of bark 简简单单用树皮作顶的小屋.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ru:f]n. 屋顶, 室顶vt. 给...盖屋顶, 遮蔽【医】 室顶, 盖相关词组: no roof over one's head hit the roof raise the roof
📖 同为「高中」词汇
implementvt. 实施,执行;使生效,实现;落实(政策);把…填满;
n. 工具,器械;家具;手段;[法]履行(契约等);
A telescope would have to be as far away as the planet Jupiter to look for life in outer space, because the dust becomes thinner the further we travel towards the outer edges of our own solar system.