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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.

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/ka͟ʊtʃ/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]长沙发;长榻 A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
    2
    [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.
      3
      [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 ; NAmE kaʊtʃ /
      noun
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      verb
      couch couches couched couching
      noun 1 a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on 长沙发;长榻 SYN
      settee
      ,
      sofa
      2 a 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 ; NAmE kaʊtʃ /
      LDC
      couch1 noun
      couch2 verb
      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 on SYN  sofa, settee:  Tom offered to sleep on the couch.2a long narrow bed for a doctor’s or psychiatrist’s patients to lie on
      couch1 noun
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      be couched in something formal to be expressed in a particular way:  The offer was couched in legal jargon.
      WDF

      couch

      [kaʊtʃ]couched, couching, couches

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      couches[516]
      长沙发(44%),睡椅(20%),长椅(13%),表达(10%),躺下(6%),埋伏(6%),兽穴(1%)
      vt.使躺下;表达;弯下
      vi.蹲伏,埋伏;躺着
      n.睡椅,长沙发;床;卧榻
      n.(Couch)人名;(英)库奇

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