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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whatever family taboos it may violate, the topic of political dynasty is hard to avoid as Bush perches on a marble bench at his presidential library here to preview an exhibit that opens next week.
  不管冒犯了什么样的家族禁忌，当老布什坐在这里总统图书馆内的大理石凳上预先参观一个下周即将展出的展览时，有关政治王朝的话题是很难避开的。
• A funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web.
  一种漏斗形的蛛网；漏斗网蜘蛛就栖息在网的中间。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。