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

• 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。
• In the next two years, I slept on couches of81 people from which I rediscovered the true ME.
  两年里，我睡了81个人的说沙发，在别人的沙发上，我找回了我自己。
• There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones.
  有金银的床榻摆在红，白，黄，黑玉石铺的石地上。
• Gold and silver couches were on the pavement, which was of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and colored stones.
  在碧玉、白玉、珍珠和宝石铺砌的地面上，陈设了金银的床榻。
• These people lie on the couches reading newspaper after watering.
  有些人泡完水后，就轻松躺在睡椅上看报纸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
  甚至有人将病人抬到街上，放在床上，或褥子上，指望彼得过来的时候，或者得他的影儿照在什么人身上。