couch
n. 长沙发, 睡椅, 卧榻 vt. 横躺, 表达 vi. 躺下, 蹲伏
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教材释义与例句
使躺下；表达；弯下
蹲伏，埋伏；躺着
释义与例句
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An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
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长沙发椅
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A bed, a resting-place.
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The den of an otter.
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A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
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A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
烹饪 商务 工程a couch of malt
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Psychotherapy.
He spent years on the couch going over his traumatic childhood.
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Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.
比喻 政治If Kamala Harris replaces Joe Biden in the 2024 election, analysts warn that she will lose to the couch.
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Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
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To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
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To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
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To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
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To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
及物[T]he Sea and the Land make one Globe, and the waters couch themſelves, as cloſe as may be, to the Center of this Globe in a Spherical convexity; ſo that if all the Mountains and Hills were ſcal'd, and the Earth made even, the Waters would not overflow its ſmooth ſurface; […]
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To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
及物It is, at this Day, in uſe, in Gaza, to couch Pot-Sheards or Veſſels of Earth, in their Walls, to gather the Wind from the top, and to paſſe it downe in Spouts into Roomes. It is a Device for Freſhneſſe, in great Heats; […]
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To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
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In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
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To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
古体 不及物[…] Or who, regardless of the powers of calumny that keep their state as ministers of vengeance around the throne of ancient Prejudice, explores anew the half-hidden, half-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture?
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To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
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To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
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To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
表达
及物He couched it as a request, but it was an order.
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词源
From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.
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