perches

英 [ˈpɜːtʃɪz]

美 [ˈpɜːrtʃɪz]

v.  栖息; 停留; (使)坐，坐在…边沿; 置于(顶上或边上)
n.  (鸟的)栖息处，栖木; 高座; 高处; 鲈鱼; 河鲈
perch的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The form perch is used for both the singular and plural in meaning 8. 义项8的单复数同形。


• VERB 坐在…边缘；坐在…顶端
  If youperch onsomething, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it.
  1. He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk...
     他点了一根烟，坐在桌角上。
  2. He perched himself on the side of the bed.
     他坐在床沿上。
• VERB 在…顶部；在…边缘
  Toperchsomewhere means to be on the top or edge of something.
  1. ...the vast slums that perch precariously on top of the hills around which the city was built.
     坐落在城市周围的山峰上、摇摇欲坠的贫民窟
• VERB 把…置于；使立稳于…的边缘（或顶部）
  If youperchsomethingonsomething else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing.
  1. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
     建筑工人在8根细柱上架起轻巧的混凝土穹顶。
• VERB （鸟）栖息，停留
  When a birdperches onsomething such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there.
  1. A blackbird flew down and perched on the parapet outside his window.
     一只乌鸫飞下来，停在他窗外的矮墙上。
• （鸟的）栖木，栖枝
  Aperchis a short rod for a bird to stand on.
• 高位，高处
  You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as theirperch.
• PHRASE 赶下神坛
  If someoneis knocked offtheirperch, they are no longer admired or no longer thought of as important or clever.
  1. There is a trend for knocking public-school headmasters and headmistresses off their perches.
     现在有一种推翻公立学校校长权威性的趋势。
• 鲈鱼；河鲈
  Aperchis an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch.

双语例句

• The little village perches among the hills.
  这个小山村高高地位于群山之中。
• A funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web.
  一种漏斗形的蛛网；漏斗网蜘蛛就栖息在网的中间。
• Keen longing for home deep meaning of refining interpreting ZHANG Han s "missing of water shield weever"; one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna.
  思乡之浓情脱俗之深意&解读张翰的“莼鲈之思”海生和淡水鱼类的最大自然群之一；鲈鱼；鲈鱼；金枪鱼。
• In all these places, the platysternon megacephalum perches the environment all is basically the maintenance consistent.
  在所有这些地方，平胸龟的基本栖息环境都是保持一致的。
• There is a trend for knocking public-school headmasters and headmistresses off their perches.
  现在有一种推翻公立学校校长权威性的趋势。
• A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.
  家禽或其它鸟类的一种有栖木的避所。
• Southern autumn is to Northern autumn what yellow rice wine is to kaoliang wine, congee to steamed buns, perches to crabs, yellow dogs to camels.
  比起北国的秋来，正像是黄酒之与白干，稀饭之与馍馍，鲈鱼之与大蟹，黄犬之与骆驼。
• Ecological significance of bird perches on the restoration of forest vegetation
  鸟类栖木在森林植被恢复中的生态意义
• Whatever family taboos it may violate, the topic of political dynasty is hard to avoid as Bush perches on a marble bench at his presidential library here to preview an exhibit that opens next week.
  不管冒犯了什么样的家族禁忌，当老布什坐在这里总统图书馆内的大理石凳上预先参观一个下周即将展出的展览时，有关政治王朝的话题是很难避开的。
• My father moves from his recliner and perches on the arm of the couch. He protectively, instinctively, wraps his arm around my mother.
  父亲离开了他的活动躺椅，坐到了长沙发一侧的扶手上。出于呵护，他本能地用手臂搂住了母亲。