perch
n. 栖息处; 栖枝; 高处; 鲈鱼
vi. (鸟)飞落,暂栖,停留
vt.& vi. 栖息; 停留; (使)坐; (使)坐在…边沿
If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it.
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。
To perch somewhere means to be on the top or edge of something.
...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
If you perch something on something else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing.
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。
When a bird perches on something such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there.
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。
A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on.
You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch .
If someone is knocked off their perch, they are no longer admired or no longer thought of as important or clever.
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。
A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch.
1. support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
2. a linear measure of 16.5 feet
3. a square rod of land
4. an elevated place serving as a seat
5. any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
6. spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
7. any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
1. sit, as on a branch;
2. to come to rest, settle;
3. cause to perch or sit;
knock someone off their perch
(非正式)使(某人)失去优势地位;杀(某人)的威风
Cindy : Honey, mother needs a perch.
亲爱的, 妈妈需要一个歇脚的地方.
He hopped down from his perch and began to search his trouser pockets hastily.
从坐着的地方跳了下来,慌忙地在裤兜里摸索.
Non capisco perch é quando uno dice Torino dovrebbe , secondo Lei , andarci in automobile.
可是所有的人想提杜林的时候, 都可以说的.高可尊先生说道.
The parrot woke from its perch of sleep near the window.
鹦鹉在靠窗的栖木上打盹后醒了过来.
We found a perch on the ruins a low stone wall.
我们找到一处矮石墙的残垣,歇了歇脚.