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 shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.
  家禽或其它鸟类的一种有栖木的避所。
• 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。
• Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
  希望是气息于灵魂枝头会飞翔的东西！
• Scientists surveyed 82 species of passerine birds, including sparrows, pigeons and anything that perches, in and around 12 cities in central Europe.
  科学家们调查了82种燕雀，包括麻雀，鸽子和所有在欧洲中心12座城市落脚的小鸟。
• Hope is the thing with feather that perches in the soul.& Emily Dickinson
  希望是栖息于灵魂中的一种会飞翔的东西。&狄金森
• 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。
• Baby got on one of the low perches, and Mom watched on the sidelines.
  小鸟落在一根低的上，而鸟妈妈则在一旁观望着。
• 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。
• 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。