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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In all these places, the platysternon megacephalum perches the environment all is basically the maintenance consistent.
  在所有这些地方，平胸龟的基本栖息环境都是保持一致的。
• 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
• 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。
• All the birds were hopping about on their perches.
  所有的鸟儿都围着栖木蹦跳。
• 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。