couch
n. 長沙發,長榻; 診察臺
v. (以某種語言風格)表達,措詞
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...
新的中右翼政府經常以溫和的語言表述其激進的目標。
This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
這一次該提議是以最後通牒的形式提出來的。
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
這兩個名詞均可表示"沙發"之意。
on the couch
在接受精神分析(或精神病治療)
Couch hard arguments in soft words.
理要硬而話要軟.
Could you take off your coat and shirt, and lie on the couch, please?
把外套和襯衣脫掉, 躺在床上, 好 嗎 ?
A man was sitting on a couch.
沙發上坐著一個人.
The picture shows a nude reposing on a couch.
這幅畫表現的是一個人赤身體躺在長沙發上.
There was a huge upholstered couch , some deep leather armchairs a library table heaped with magazines.
有一張很大的彈簧床, 幾張高背扶手皮椅,一張書桌上堆滿了雜誌.