But when it comes to embryonic learning, birds could rule the roost.

但是当涉及到胎教时，鸟类首屈一指。

Back in the roost, the young are left on their own.

崽被独自留在窝巢里。

But they do not roost in the branches where they took their mid-day nap.

但是他们不会在中午息的树枝睡觉。

A warning cry to fellow roost mates?

发送给蝙蝠同伴的警报叫喊？

Birds like to roost off the ground.

鸟喜欢在地面息。

Well the reason was that they were in a dangerous part of town, one with people and traffic and not a lot of good places to roost.

因为它们在市区的一个危险地段，人多车多，没有适合息的地方。

After years of lying to people, his chickens had finally come home to roost.

在对人撒谎多年后，他终于自食其果了。

They walk on our sidewalks, roost on our buildings, and eat our leftovers.

鸽子走在人行道，息在建筑楼顶，吃我们的剩饭剩菜。

I've seen spoonbills flying home to roost like a scarlet banner across the sky.

我见过琵鹭结伴归巢，像一抹绯红横幅，染遍长空。

Ahana Fernandez of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, pointed her microphone at the day roost.

柏林自然历史博物馆的 Ahana Fernandez 把话筒对准了白天的息地。

They must return to their roosting trees.

它们必须返回息地。

She ruled the roost, ensuring everything ran smoothly on the farm and in the home.

她主宰着家中事务，确保农场和家庭的一切运转顺畅。

After years of overspending, the chickens have come home to roost.

【roost】年复一年地超支，现在终于尝到苦果了。

While tropic birds can survive at sea for months on end, others, like frigate birds, return to roost every night, so are a sure sign of nearby land.

热带的鸟能连续在存数月，其他的，像军舰鸟，每天晚会息地，这是附近存在陆地的信号。

In fact, he seemed as much at home among the trees as on the ground; and Buck had memories of nights of vigil spent beneath trees wherein the hairy man roosted, holding on tightly as he slept.

实际, 他在树如履平地;而且巴克在树下守着, 毛人息在树, 手里紧握着树枝睡觉的时光还活在巴克的记忆里。

One big reason is that, with a few notable exceptions, bats love company — different kinds of bats often roost together in huge numbers and close quarters, which helps viruses spread not just between individuals, but also between species.

最主要的原因之一是，除个别种类，大多数蝙蝠都喜欢群居，大量不同种类的蝙蝠经常集聚在一起，让病毒不仅在个体间传播，还在种群间传播。

When her family were educated, and able to do without her care, she was a frequent visitor at Jock's kennel, and would, if permitted, roost there at night, instead of returning with the rest of the poultry to the henhouse.

当她的孩子们长大了，用不着她时刻照看的时候，雅丽克常常到犬舍做客，有时晚就在犬舍息，而不是和别的小鸡一样回鸡舍。

Questions about bank oversight ultimately come back to roost at the Fed's board in Washington -- which, since the 2008 crisis, has played a heavier role in guiding how banks are overseen day to day.

有关银行监管的问题最终回到华盛顿的美联储理事会--自2008年危机以来，该理事会在指导银行日常监管方面发挥了更为重要的作用。

For serious players of stringed instruments the products of three great violin-makers of Cremona, Nicolo Amati, Giuseppe Guarneri and Antonio Stradivari, have ruled the roost since the 17th century.

对于内行的弦乐演奏家来说，出自三大小提琴制造商的Cremona，Nicolo Amati, Giuseppe Guarneri和Antonio Stradivari自17世纪起就处在行业内领先地位。

But most of the older men, especially those who had been important under Miraz, were sulky and had no wish to live in a country where they could not rule the roost.

可多数了年纪的人，尤其是那些在弥若兹统治下有权有势的人却闷闷不乐。他们无法想像活在一个没有大权在握的地方。