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

但是当涉及到，鸟类首屈一指。

I have yet to have a bull that ruled the roost.

我还没见过一头能当家作主的公牛。

First, what is to roost? To roost means to settle down for rest or sleep.

首先，什么是" roost（栖息）" ？" roost" 意思是停下来休息或睡觉。

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.

鸟喜欢在地面上栖息。

They do establish a dominance between them as to who is ruling the roost out there.

她们确实在她们内部建立了一种支配地，谁在那里统治着。

In langur society females rule the roost and take the lead when the family is on the move.

叶猴族群是雌性独揽大权，并且是举家迁徙的领队人物。

What happens when your chickens come home to roost?

当你自食恶果（your chickens come home to roost）的候会怎样？

They must return to their roosting trees.

它们必须返回栖息地。

Curses came home to roost, Mammy said.

如嬷嬷说的，诅咒别人的人必定自作自受。

An adult male rules this roost and has no intention of letting another male onto his patch.

这里是一只成年公猴的地盘，它可不想让其他公猴进入自己的领地。

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

幼崽被独自留在窝巢里。

He's roosting, you know it hurts.

他在休息，因为很疼。

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。

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

但是他们不会在中午栖息的树枝上睡觉。

Millions have flown up here to escape the heat of the lowlands and they're now roosting among the rocks.

为了躲避低洼地带的炎热，数百万只飞蛾抵达此地，栖身于岩石缝隙之中。

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

鸽子走在人行道上，栖息在建筑楼顶，吃我们的剩饭剩菜。

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栖息地。

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。

If you talking about planets, Jupiter is the big boy in the block and it really does rule the roost.

如果你谈论行星，木星是团伙里最大的孩子，它真的称雄称霸。