Couch Couched Kaʊtʃ Comfortable Style Noun Long Verb
The word "couch" can refer to a long, comfortable seat for multiple people, or a narrow bed used for patient examinations. As a verb, "couch" means to express something in a particular style or manner, often used in the passive voice.
The word "couch" can refer to a long, comfortable seat for multiple people, or a narrow bed used for patient examinations. As a verb, "couch" means to express something in a particular style or manner, often used in the passive voice.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]长沙发;长榻 A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台 A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
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[VERB 动词](以某种语言风格)表达,措词 If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
[be V-ed in/as n]
[usu passive]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
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。
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。
Oxford
couch/kaʊtʃ; NAmEkaʊtʃ/
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couchcouchescouchedcouchingnoun1a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on 长沙发;长榻SYN
settee
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sofa
2a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor's office (尤指诊室内的)诊察枱◆on the psychiatrist's couch在精神病医生的诊察枱上verb[usually passive ]couchsth (in sth) ( formal) to say or write words in a particular style or manner (用某种文体或方式)表达,措辞◆The letter was deliberately couched invery vague terms.这封信故意写得含糊其词。couch/kaʊtʃ; NAmEkaʊtʃ/
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couchcouch1 /kaʊtʃ/ ●●●S3 noun [countable]
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1couch (1)a comfortable piece of furniture big enough for two or three people to sit onSYN sofa, settee: Tom offered to sleep on the couch.2a long narrow bed for a doctor’s or psychiatrist’s patients to lie on
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be couched in something formal to be expressed in a particular way: The offer was couched in legal jargon.