rookery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
    — It was a rookery which had never been raided by the hunters, and in consequence the seals were mild-tempered and at the same time unafraid.
  2. A crowded tenement. broadly
    — Lord John Roxton and I turned down Vigo Street together and through the dingy portals of the famous aristocratic rookery.
  3. A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city. UK,broadly,historical
    — The Flower and Dean St rookery had been home to many of those who lived at least partly by street crime.
  4. That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns. obsolete,slang

词形变化

rookeries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
rookeried

词源

From rook + -ery, 1725.
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