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

• 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。
• My father moves from his recliner and perches on the arm of the couch. He protectively, instinctively, wraps his arm around my mother.
  父亲离开了他的活动躺椅，坐到了长沙发一侧的扶手上。出于呵护，他本能地用手臂搂住了母亲。
• It's good to have the perches of varying thicknesses so that muscles are exercised and the birds'feet don't go lame.
  它不同厚度的栖息木的好处是，能使鹦鹉的肌肉得到锻炼并不会让鸟的脚变跛。
• 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。
• Baby got on one of the low perches, and Mom watched on the sidelines.
  小鸟落在一根低的上，而鸟妈妈则在一旁观望着。
• Not any more, mocked the crows from shady pine bough perches.
  时光不再啊，乌鸦栖息在成荫的松树主枝上，向我发出嘲笑。
• A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.
  家禽或其它鸟类的一种有栖木的避所。
• Pike-like freshwater perches. Salmon are anadromous.
  貌似长矛的淡水河鲈。鲑是由海移栖淡水河产卵的。
• Scientists surveyed 82 species of passerine birds, including sparrows, pigeons and anything that perches, in and around 12 cities in central Europe.
  科学家们调查了82种燕雀，包括麻雀，鸽子和所有在欧洲中心12座城市落脚的小鸟。
• 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。