couch
n. 长沙发,长榻; 诊察台
v. (以某种语言风格)表达,措词
A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
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。
1. an upholstered seat for more than one person
2. a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
3. a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
1. formulate in a particular style or language;
couch, sofa
这两个名词均可表示"沙发"之意。
on the couch
在接受精神分析(或精神病治疗)
Couch hard arguments in soft words.
理要硬而话要软.
Could you take off your coat and shirt, and lie on the couch, please?
把外套和衬衣脱掉, 躺在床上, 好 吗 ?
A man was sitting on a couch.
沙发上坐着一个人.
The picture shows a nude reposing on a couch.
这幅画表现的是一个人赤身体躺在长沙发上.
There was a huge upholstered couch , some deep leather armchairs a library table heaped with magazines.
有一张很大的弹簧床, 几张高背扶手皮椅,一张书桌上堆满了杂志.