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Perch Ed Bird   [V Perched High Top Verb

英语单词 perch
英美音标 英 [pɜːtʃ] 美 [pɜːrtʃ]
中文释义 n.栖木;高位;杆;河鲈鱼
v.栖息;就位;位于
英语例句 (1) The bird took its perch on a tree branch.
(2) The bird flew down from its perch in the cage.
(3) The boy sat on the perch and sang lustily.
(4) He has a perch in his father's bank for as long as he wants it.
(5) I like fishing for perch on vacation.
(6) This perch tastes as if it were caught a year ago.
(7) The bird perched on the electric wires.
(8) He perched himself on a high stool.
(9) The small village perched on a hill.
(10) Tall buildings perch on the top of rocky cliffs.
中文例句 (1) 鸟儿栖息在树枝上。
(2) 这只鸟从栖息的鸟笼里飞下。
(3) 那个男孩坐在高处起劲地唱。
(4) 他在他父亲的银行里占有一高位,想占多久就多久。
(5) 我喜欢在假期中钓鲈鱼。
(6) 这条鲈鱼吃起来好像是一年前捞上来的。
(7) 鸟栖息在电线上。
(8) 他坐在高凳子上。
(9) 这个小村庄位于山上。
(10) 高耸的建筑屹立在嶙峋的悬崖顶上。
vocabulary简明 A perch is a temporary resting place. In the middle of climbing a tree, you might find a good perch on a high branch. Bet some birds will be perching there too.
vocabulary扩展 Perch has many different meanings. A bird perch is a little stick it can balance on, and the armrest of the couch can offer you a perch during a party. It's also the name of a kind of fish with spiny fins. And it's also an old measurement of 16.5 feet.
柯林斯解释
The form perch is used for both the singular and plural in meaning 8. 义项8的单复数同形。
1
[VERB 动词]坐在…边缘;坐在…顶端 If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V pron-refl prep/adv]
  • He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk...

    他点了一根烟,坐在桌角上。

  • He perched himself on the side of the bed.

    他坐在床沿上。

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  • She was perched on the edge of the sofa.

    她坐在沙发沿上。

2
[VERB 动词]在…顶部;在…边缘 To perch somewhere means to be on the top or edge of something.
  [V prep/adv]
  • ...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

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  • St. John's is a small college perched high up in the hills...

    圣约翰学院是一所位于山顶的小学院。

  • Frank's tinted glasses are perched precariously on his head.

    弗兰克的有色眼镜摇摇晃晃地架在头顶上。

3
[VERB 动词]把…置于;使立稳于…的边缘(或顶部) If you perch something on something else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing.
  [V n on n]
  • 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。

4
[VERB 动词](鸟)栖息,停留 When a bird perches on something such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there.
  [V prep]
  • 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。

5
[N-COUNT 可数名词](鸟的)栖木,栖枝 A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on.
    6
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]高位,高处 You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch .
      [usu poss N]
      7
      [PHRASE 短语]赶下神坛 If someone is knocked off their perch, they are no longer admired or no longer thought of as important or clever.
        [V inflects]
      • 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。

      8
      [N-COUNT 可数名词]鲈鱼;河鲈 A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch.

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