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

• A lone arbutus tree perches atop a hill on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.
  不列颠哥伦比亚，盐泉岛，一棵孤独的杨梅树。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's good to have the perches of varying thicknesses so that muscles are exercised and the birds'feet don't go lame.
  它不同厚度的栖息木的好处是，能使鹦鹉的肌肉得到锻炼并不会让鸟的脚变跛。
• 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。
• 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。