perch
n. 棲息處; 棲枝; 高處; 鱸魚
vi. (鳥)飛落,暫棲,停留
vt.& vi. 棲息; 停留; (使)坐; (使)坐在…邊沿
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...
他點了一根菸,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.
坐落在城市周圍的山峰上、搖搖欲墜的貧民窟
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.
建築工人在8根細柱上架起輕巧的混凝土穹頂。
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.
一隻烏鶇飛下來,停在他窗外的矮牆上。
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.
現在有一種推翻公立學校校長權威性的趨勢。
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)失去優勢地位;殺(某人)的威風
Cindy : Honey, mother needs a perch.
親愛的, 媽媽需要一個歇腳的地方.
He hopped down from his perch and began to search his trouser pockets hastily.
從坐著的地方跳了下來,慌忙地在褲兜裡摸索.
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時候, 都可以說的.高可尊先生說道.
The parrot woke from its perch of sleep near the window.
鸚鵡在靠窗的棲木上打盹後醒了過來.
We found a perch on the ruins a low stone wall.
我們找到一處矮石牆的殘垣,歇了歇腳.