roof
roof — 名詞
1. The outer covering placed above a house, car, or similar construction, which kee
屋頂
建築物或車輛頂部的覆蓋結構
The outer covering placed above a house, car, or similar construction, which keeps the space beneath dry and sheltered from weather conditions.
Roya climbed onto the roof to fix a loose tile after the storm.
暴風雨過後，Roya 爬上屋頂修理鬆動的瓦片。
collocation: on the roof
Rainwater from the roof flows into a large barrel near the garden wall.
從屋頂流下來的雨水匯入花園牆邊的一個大桶裡。
The red car parked outside has a small dent on its roof from the hailstorm.
外面那輛紅色汽車的車頂被冰雹砸出了一個小凹痕。
Heavy snow piled on the flat roof of the workshop and blocked the door.
厚厚的積雪堆積在車間的平屋頂上，堵住了門口。
Theo spent the whole weekend repairing the shed roof with his uncle Luis.
Theo 和叔叔 Luis 花了整個週末修理棚屋的屋頂。
文法句型
roof + of + noun phrase
on the roof
under a roof
常見錯誤
2. The highest number or level that is officially permitted for something such as a
上限
允許的最高數額或水準
The highest number or level that is officially permitted for something such as a price, salary, tax rate, or amount of pollution.
The government announced a roof on the price of basic medicines next year.
政府宣布明年將對基本藥品價格設定上限。
pattern: a roof on + noun
Kasia argued that a roof on carbon emissions would help slow climate change.
Kasia 認為，對碳排放設定上限有助於減緩氣候變遷。
Vivek's rental contract includes a roof on how much the landlord can raise the rent.
Vivek 的租約中有一項條款，限制了房東可以調漲租金的上限。
The new law puts a roof on late fees that banks can charge their customers.
新法律對銀行可以向客戶收取的滯納金設定了上限。
- floor
the lowest allowed level rather than the highest
文法句型
put/set a roof on + noun phrase
roof of + number/amount
用法筆記
Common in formal, legal, or business writing about regulations. Typically appears in the structure 'a roof on [something]' — you set or place a roof on an amount, not on a physical object.
常見錯誤
3. The bony curved surface forming the upper boundary inside the mouth, which separ
上顎
口腔內部的弧形頂部
The bony curved surface forming the upper boundary inside the mouth, which separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity above it.
The hot soup burned the roof of Min's mouth and made her wince.
熱湯燙到了 Min 的上顎，讓她疼得皺起眉頭。
fixed phrase: the roof of + possessive + mouth
When you say the letter "k," your tongue touches the roof of your mouth.
當你發「k」這個音時，舌頭會碰觸到口腔的上顎。
Sora felt a sore spot on the roof of his mouth after eating spicy food.
Sora 吃了辣的食物後，覺得上顎有一處疼痛的地方。
The dentist gently pressed the roof of David's mouth with a small metal tool.
牙醫用小金屬工具輕輕按壓 David 口腔的上顎。
- palate
formal or medical term for the same part of the mouth
- hard palate
more precise; refers specifically to the bony front section of the mouth roof
文法句型
the roof of the/your mouth
用法筆記
Almost always used in the fixed phrase 'the roof of the/your mouth' — you rarely hear the word 'roof' alone to mean palate. The hard front part is distinguished from the soft palate further back in the mouth.
roof — 動詞
1. To build or fit a roof onto a structure such as a house, shed, or extension, com
加蓋屋頂
為建築物安裝頂蓋
To build or fit a roof onto a structure such as a house, shed, or extension, completing the top covering so the building is enclosed and protected.
The builders roofed the new house with red clay tiles in just one week.
建築工人僅用一週時間就給新房加蓋了紅色瓦片屋頂。
passive pattern: roofed with + material
The workers roofed the garden shed using sheets of strong corrugated metal.
工人們用堅固的波紋金屬板為花園小屋加蓋屋頂。
Lien hired a team to roof the extension on the back of her family's house.
Lien 僱了一組工人為她家後面的增建部分加蓋屋頂。
The old farmhouse was roofed with wooden shingles that matched the nearby barn.
那棟舊農舍的屋頂是用木瓦板蓋的，與旁邊的穀倉風格一致。
文法句型
roof + noun phrase + with + material
be roofed with/in + material
用法筆記
Frequently occurs in the passive voice ('the house was roofed with tiles'). The past participle 'roofed' is also commonly used as an adjective ('a grass-roofed hut', 'a newly roofed barn').