rooftree

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹuːftɹiː/    美 /ˈɹufˌtɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The primary beam of a roof; the ridgepole; hence, the roof itself.
    — Howsoever these things be, a long farewell to Locksley Hall! / Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall.
  2. A home; a household. figuratively
    — [T]he merry company flocked into the King's House, to dance again and drink tea, and make more love, and play round games, and joke, and sing songs, and eat supper under old Colonel Stafford's snug and kindly roof-tree.

词形变化

rooftrees plural roof-tree alternative roof tree alternative

词源

From roof + tree.
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