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房頂;屋頂
The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.
例句
...a small stone cottage with a red slate roof...
有著紅色石板房頂?shù)男∈?/a>
A pail stood in one corner of the room to catch the drips where the roof leaked.
房間的一角放著一個提桶,以接住從屋頂漏下來的水滴。
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頂篷;車頂;車篷
The roof of a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
例句
The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him.
車翻了,把他困在了里面。
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口腔頂部;上腭
The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
例句
She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
她用舌頭頂著上腭發(fā)出嘖嘖聲。
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(洞穴、礦井等的)頂部
The roof of an underground space such as a cave or mine is the highest part of it.
例句
The cave roof collapsed.
洞頂坍塌了。
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(價格、通貨膨脹率等)猛增,飛漲
If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation goes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed.
例句
Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof.
韓國藝術(shù)品的價格飛漲。
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怒氣沖天;大發(fā)雷霆;暴跳如雷
If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
例句
Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.
如果我告訴朗中士你已經(jīng)走了,他會大發(fā)雷霆的。
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住處;家
If you have a roof over your head, you have somewhere to live.
例句
I am just thankful that we have a roof over our heads.
我們有地方住我就很感激了。
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(在屋內(nèi))喧鬧,喧囂,大鬧翻天
If a group of people inside a building raise the roof, they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
例句
He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
他演唱自己改編的社會主義贊歌《紅旗頌》時,聲音穿透了會場的屋頂。
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同在一個屋檐下;在同一棟大樓里
If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof, they are in the same building.
例句
The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls...
這些公司想一起開在同一棟大樓里,或者彼此緊挨著開在大型購物中心里。
While his relations with his mother were reasonably satisfactory, having her living under the same roof was a totally different matter!
雖然他和母親的關(guān)系還算不錯,但和她住在一起就完全是另外一回事了。
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在…的家里
If something happens under your roof, it happens in your home.
例句
Lionel has forbidden her ever to mention that name again under his roof.
萊昂內(nèi)爾已經(jīng)禁止她在他家里再提到這個名字。