couches

英 [ˈkaʊtʃɪz]

美 [ˈkaʊtʃɪz]

n.  长沙发; 长榻; (尤指诊室内的)诊察台
v.  (用某种文体或方式)表达，措辞
couch的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 长沙发;长榻
  Acouchis a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
• (病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
  Acouchis a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
• VERB (以某种语言风格)表达，措词
  If a statementis couched ina particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
  1. The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms...
     新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。
  2. This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
     这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。

双语例句

• Soon, we find our parents fast asleep on couches with their clothes on.
  不久，我们就发现父母在沙发上和衣睡着了。
• If the Internet breaks down national boundaries, it may happen from the comfort of our couches.
  如果说互联网推倒了国界，那么这一切可能是我们舒舒服服靠在沙发上时发生的。
• But even the hard work was not enough to please the couches at Ajax, they thought young Bergkamp was too lightweight and not physically strong enough to be a football player.
  但是这样的勤奋还是不足以让阿贾克斯的教练们满意，他们认为小博格坎普做为一个足球运动员来说太瘦弱。
• Infants shouldn't share beds or couches with grown-ups or other kids during sleep.
  睡觉时不要与其他儿童或者幼儿共用一张床或睡椅。
• The defendant couches in his own insurance liability company to defend a negligence case aginst him.
  被告人出庭辩驳他自己的保险责任公司来辩解不利于自己的。
• The only downside here is that we'd imagine the couches get pretty gross pretty quick.
  唯一的遗憾是我们可以想象这些沙发什么的肯定很快就会被坐得磨损了。
• Insomniacs rarely fall asleep on people's couches, I assure you.
  我敢保证，常失眠的人是很难在别人家的沙发上睡着的。
• Without getting up from their couches, consumers can turn off ads that turn them off. "with the power people have in their hands," he said," they can zap a heavy-handed hard sell in an instant."
  消费者不必从坐椅起来就可以关掉令他们不感兴趣的广告。“大权操在人手，”他说，“刹那之间就可以把大力推销的广告关掉。”
• The furniture was old and comfortable-leather couches, newspaper racks, priceless antique tables.
  家具古老而舒适&有皮靠背椅，报纸架，无价的古董桌子。
• Once he made a board game called Psychiatry, which consisted of little couches being moved around the board.
  他曾发明一种板上游戏叫做'精神病'，需要将一只小睡椅在板上不停移动。