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

• 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。
• One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna. Like attracts like.
  海生和淡水鱼类的最大自然群之一；鲈鱼；鲈鱼；金枪鱼。
• Hope is the thing with the feather that perches in the soul.
  希望是栖息在灵魂之上的，会飞翔的东西。
• Make sure you and others in your family are consistent about the paces your bird can and cannot use as perches, otherwise with the bird may be confused about where it can and cannot fly to.
  确保你的家人和你对于那些地方可以、哪些地方不可以作为鹦鹉栖息处要统一，否则鹦鹉会对飞往哪些地方合适、哪些地方不合适产生迷惑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hope is the thing feathers-that perches in the soul.
  希望是有羽翼的精灵，它栖息在人的灵魂深处。
• The little village perches among the hills.
  这个小山村高高地位于群山之中。
• 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。