roof

[ru:f]

n.屋顶, 顶
vt.覆盖, 给 ... 覆以屋顶

例句与用法：

The roof of the tunnel was supported by wooden props.

坑道顶用木柱支撑。

The wind was whispering in the roof.

屋顶上风声飒飒。

Snow sifted through the crack in the roof into the room.

雪从屋顶上的裂缝飘进屋里。

Has your roof a sharp slant?

你的屋顶是否有一个陡峭的斜面？

You're only laying up trouble (for yourself) by not mending that roof now.

你不趁现在修理房顶将来给自己找麻烦。

The roof of the old house caved in.

那栋旧房子的屋顶塌下了。

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。

She and I can't live under the same roof.

她和我不能住在一起。

词形变化：

动词过去式: roofed | 动词过去分词: roofed | 动词现在分词: roofing | 动词第三人称单数: roofs |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 屋顶; 车顶

The rain's coming. We have to fix the roof.

雨水进来了。我们得把屋顶修理一下。

2. 住屋, 家

All sorts of people found shelter under his roof.

各式各样的人在他的家找到栖息之所。

3. 顶部; 最高处; 天花板[the S]

4. (价格、工资等规定的)最高限度[the S]

set the roof on wages

规定工资的最高限度

vt.

给……盖屋顶, 覆盖[(+with)]

They roofed the house with tiles.

他们用瓦片给房子盖屋顶。

短语词组：

no roof over one's head

1. 无家可归

She was without money and with no real roof over her head.

她身无分文, 也无家可归。

raise the roof

1. 大发雷霆

Father will raise the roof when he hears what you've done.

父亲要是知道你所做的事一定会大发雷霆。

under one's roof

1. 在家里

I refuse to have such goings-on under my roof.

在我家里不准有这种行为。

under the same roof

1. 在同一间屋里

She and I can't live under the same roof.

她跟我没法呆在一起。