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

• 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。
• In the living room, he tried many perches.
  在起居室里，它试过许多可以栖歇的地方。
• Not any more, mocked the crows from shady pine bough perches.
  时光不再啊，乌鸦栖息在成荫的松树主枝上，向我发出嘲笑。
• 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。
• The little village perches among the hills.
  这个小山村高高地位于群山之中。
• All the hens came down from their perches, and began to look for their food.
  于是所有的母鸡都从栖息处走出来觅食。
• The birds have also staked out their perches in the lower branches while below Subaraj and Sue Lyn explore the green world beneath the canopy.
  莎巴劳吉和苏琳，就在鸟儿们栖息的那棵较低的树枝下，饶有兴致的研究起这片树荫底下的绿色世界了。
• 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。
• If you need a sign it is time to trim your cat's nails, nothing is clearer than when she perches on your lap, purrs and starts kneading your thighs with her front paws.
  如果你想知道它何时需要修剪指甲，那么在你膝盖上蜷缩，发出呜呜声并开始用它的前爪揉捏你的大腿，便是它给你的最好的讯号。