Rookery
['rʊk(ə)rɪ] or ['rʊkəri]
解释:
(n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
(n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
(n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
(n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
(n.) A brothel.
录入:梅林达
例句:
- Calls a house a rookery when there's not a rook near it, and takes the birds on trust, because he sees the nests! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- At last the woods rose; the rookery clustered dark; a loud cawing broke the morning stillness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Go up, and call the gentleman, and tell him he'll find me and Mr. Pickwick in the rookery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Blunderstone Rookery would come, however, in spite of her, when the carrier's horse pleased--and did. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- We arrived at a tumble-down old rookery called the Palazzo Simonetti--a massive hewn-stone affair occupied by a family of ragged Italians. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Though why Rookery, I don't know! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Another field crossed--a lane threaded--and there were the courtyard walls--the back offices: the house itself, the rookery still hid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- In that rookery of pomp and vanity, Paris, I believe. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
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