perching的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB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.

• 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。

VERB在…顶部；在…边缘

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

VERB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.

• 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 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。

N-COUNT（鸟的）栖木，栖枝

A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on.

N-COUNT高位，高处

You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch .

PHRASE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.

• 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。

N-COUNT鲈鱼；河鲈

A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch.