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TOEFL BNC: 1879 COCA: 2135

roof

1 roof /ˈruːf/ noun
plural roofs
1 roof
/ˈruːf/
noun
plural roofs
Learner's definition of ROOF
[count]
: the cover or top of a building, vehicle, etc.顶部;屋顶;车顶
see also moonroof, sunroof
: the top of the inside of a tunnel, cave, etc.隧道顶;洞顶
: the top of the inside of your mouth口腔顶部;腭

go through the roof

informal
: to become very angry or upset大发雷霆;暴怒
: to rise to a very high level飞涨;激增

hit the roof

see 1hit

raise the roof

informal
: to make a lot of noise by playing music, celebrating, shouting, etc.(播放音乐、庆祝时的)喧闹,大声叫嚷

through the roof

chiefly US, informal
: at an extremely high level在不同寻常的高位

— roofless

/ˈruːfləs/ adjective
2 roof /ˈruːf/ verb
roofs; roofed; roofing
2 roof
/ˈruːf/
verb
roofs; roofed; roofing
Learner's definition of ROOF
[+ object]
: to cover (something, such as a building) with a roof给…盖屋顶often + over or in
often used as (be) roofed常用作(be) roofed

— roofed

/ˈruːft/ adjective
TOEFL BNC: 1879 COCA: 2135

roof

1 of 2

noun

plural roofs ˈrüfs How to pronounce roof (audio)
ˈru̇fs,
 also  ˈrüvz,
ˈru̇vz How to pronounce roof (audio)
1
a(1)
: the cover of a building
(2)
: material used for a roof : roofing
b
: the roof of a dwelling conventionally designating the home itself
didn't have a roof over my head
they share the same roof
2
a
: the highest point : summit
b
: an upper limit : ceiling
3
a
: the vaulted upper boundary of the mouth
b
: a covering structure of any of various parts of the body
roof of the skull
4
: something suggesting a roof: such as
a
: a canopy of leaves and branches
b
: the top over the passenger section of a vehicle
roofed
ˈrüft How to pronounce roof (audio)
ˈru̇ft
adjective
roofless
ˈrü-fləs How to pronounce roof (audio)
ˈru̇-
adjective
rooflike
ˈrüf-ˌlīk How to pronounce roof (audio)
ˈru̇f-
adjective

Illustration of roof

Illustration of roof
  • 1 gambrel
  • 2 mansard
  • 3 hip
  • 4 lean-to

roof

2 of 2

verb

roofed; roofing; roofs

transitive verb

1
a
: to cover with or as if with a roof
b
: to provide with a particular kind of roof or roofing
often used in combination
slate-roofed houses
2
: to constitute a roof over
roofer noun
Phrases
through the roof
: to an extremely or excessively high level
prices went through the roof

Example Sentences

Noun the roof of a car The roof of the old barn collapsed. He bit into a hot slice of pizza and burned the roof of his mouth. Verb fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But lately, interest has been through the roof for a different reason: Everyone wants cheap beef. Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2022 Houston Update… apparently the roof will be close due to rain. Ariana Garcia, Chron, 1 Sep. 2022 Rescuers need to cut through the roof of the car to get the victims out. Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 During the pandemic lockdown, the figures for domestic abuse just went through the roof because women were essentially locked in with their abusers. Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Then, a steel beam fell through the roof, directly hitting Naomi. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022 So ecommerce and logistics and warehousing and delivery go through the roof. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 The roof was a big problem, Pollio explained about the cause of the delay. Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2022 The Eli Whitney roof is 37 years old, Hazardville Memorial’s is 32 years old, with both having had some renovations approximately 18 years ago, according to a study of the town’s buildings’ roofs completed in June of 2021. Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2022
Verb
Others attach lights to roof racks or cargo baskets. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2021 The sites offer people a bed, roof over their heads and security. Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022 Photos showed a storm ripped the wall and roof off parts of Jacksboro High School and left debris scattered in the city about 60 miles northwest of Fort Worth. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022 Visibility is also excellent for a mid-engined supercar, roof up or down, giving you more confidence in traffic. Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2022 This means Lotus can lower the floor, seats, and roof to drop the ride height to 105 mm. Jeremy White, Wired, 1 Jan. 2022 On the first the Hawks initially stifled the rush but allowed Jeannot to get ahead of the defense as a trailer and roof it on a sharp angle past Soderblom off Colton Sissons’ feed. Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022 Stego translates roughly to roof, while uros means tail. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 8 Dec. 2021 Tile is a key component in residential construction, cladding many homes’ floors, backsplashes and shower surrounds for decades, and more recently expanding to porcelain slab countertops, cabinet fronts, outdoor spaces and even roof surfacing. Jamie Gold, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English hrōf; akin to Old Norse hrōf roof of a boathouse and perhaps to Old Church Slavonic stropŭ roof

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of roof was before the 12th century
TOEFL BNC: 1879 COCA: 2135
roof

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ROOF | ROOF + VERB | ROOF + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEconical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped, sloping, steep圓錐形屋頂;平頂;有山牆的屋頂;複摺式屋頂;斜頂;尖頂;陡斜的屋頂corrugated-iron, corrugated-metal, glass, metal, slate, steel, thatched, tiled, tin瓦楞鐵屋頂;玻璃屋頂;金屬屋頂;石板瓦屋頂;鋼結構屋頂;茅草屋頂;磚瓦屋頂;錫屋頂leaky漏水的屋頂retractable, sun開合式屋頂;涼棚car, church, etc.車頂篷、教堂屋頂等VERB + ROOFsupport支撑屋頂The roof is supported by stone columns.屋頂由石柱支撑。cover覆蓋屋頂The roof was covered with red clay tiles.屋頂鋪的是紅陶瓦。ROOF + VERBslope屋頂傾斜The roof slopes down to the top of the windows.屋頂傾斜延伸到窗戶上方。cave in, collapse, fall in屋頂坍陷Five people were killed when the roof fell in.屋頂坍塌,5 人死亡。leak房頂滲漏ROOF + NOUNspace (especially BrE) 閣樓The burglars removed tiles to climb into the roof space.入室盜竊者揭開屋瓦爬進了閣樓。covering, slate, tile屋頂覆蓋物/石板/瓦片beams, rafters, structure, timbers (especially BrE) 屋頂橫梁;屋椽;屋頂結構;屋頂大梁top (usually rooftop) 屋頂A figure appeared on a nearby rooftop.不遠處的屋頂上冒出了一個人影。insulation屋頂絕緣材料deck, garden, terrace屋頂平台/花園/露台The hotel has a charming roof garden.這家旅店有一個漂亮的屋頂花園。rack車頂行李架PREPOSITIONin a/the roof在屋頂上There are small windows in the roof.屋頂上有幾個小窗戶。on a/the roof在屋頂上面There's a cat on the roof.屋頂上面有一隻貓。under your roof (= in your house) 在家裏I won't have that man under my roof again!我再也不會讓那個人踏進我的家門!PHRASESunder one roof, under the same roof (= in the same building) 在同一屋簷下We're good friends but we could never live under the same roof.我們是好朋友,但是我們永遠無法生活在同一屋簷下。

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