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

• It perches over a small pool, then lunges with both paws and comes up with a plump three-foot chum salmon.
  它在一个小水池边停了一下，然后猛的用两个爪子扎进水里，捕到了一条肥美的足有三英尺长的鲑鱼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Pike-like freshwater perches. Salmon are anadromous.
  貌似长矛的淡水河鲈。鲑是由海移栖淡水河产卵的。
• That perches in the soul and sings the elegy without the words, and never stope.
  它栖息在灵魂之中，唱著无词的悲歌，永远不会停息。
• Perches need to be mounted in the cage so that the bowls for water and food will not be fouled by the falling droppings of the birds.
  栖息木需要安装在笼子中间，以便鸟滴落粪便时不会弄脏碗里的水和食物。
• 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。
• 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。