perch
verb /pɜːtʃ/
/pɜːrtʃ/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they perch | /pɜːtʃ/ /pɜːrtʃ/ |
he / she / it perches | /ˈpɜːtʃɪz/ /ˈpɜːrtʃɪz/ |
past simple perched | /pɜːtʃt/ /pɜːrtʃt/ |
past participle perched | /pɜːtʃt/ /pɜːrtʃt/ |
-ing form perching | /ˈpɜːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈpɜːrtʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] perch (on something) (of a bird
) to land and stay on a branch, etc.鸟 栖息;停留 - A robin was perching on the fence.
一只知更鸟落在篱笆上。
Topics Birdsc1- The birds perched on nearby buildings.
鸟儿栖息在附近的建筑物上。 - A robin flew down and perched on the fence.
一只知更鸟飞下来,落在篱笆上。 - They found the parrot perched in a tree.
他们发现那鹦鹉栖息在树上。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- precariously
- on
- be perched high above something
- be perched high on something
- be perched on the edge of something
- …
- A robin was perching on the fence.
- [intransitive, transitive] (informal) to sit or to make somebody sit on something, especially on the edge of it
(使)坐,坐在…边沿 - perch (on something) We perched on a couple of high stools at the bar.
我们坐在酒吧的几张高脚凳上。 - perch somebody/yourself (on something) She perched herself on the edge of the bed.
她坐在床沿上。 - My father used to perch me on the front of his bike.
我父亲过去常常把我放在他自行车的前部。
Synonyms sitsit- sit down
- be seated
- take a seat
- perch
- sit to rest your weight on your bottom with your back straight, for example on a chair:
- May I sit here?
我可以坐在这儿吗? - Sit still, will you!
坐着别动!
- May I sit here?
- sit down/sit yourself down to move from a standing position to a sitting position:
- Please sit down.
请坐。 - Come in and sit yourselves down.
都进来坐下。
- Please sit down.
- be seated (formal) to be sitting:
指坐着: - She was seated at the head of the table.
她坐在桌子的上座。
- She was seated at the head of the table.
- take a seat to sit down
Take a seat is used especially as a polite way of inviting somebody to sit down: Please take a seat.指坐下、就座 - perch (rather informal) to sit on something, especially on the edge of something:
指坐在…上,尤指坐在…边沿: - She perched herself on the edge of the bed.
她坐在床沿上。
- She perched herself on the edge of the bed.
- to sit/sit down/be seated/take a seat/perch on something
- to sit/sit down/be seated/take a seat in something
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- precariously
- on
- be perched high above something
- be perched high on something
- be perched on the edge of something
- …
- perch (on something) We perched on a couple of high stools at the bar.
- [intransitive] (also be perched [transitive])to be placed on the top or the edge of something
置于(顶上或边上) - + adv./prep. The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside.
旅店立在陡峭的山坡上状似摇摇欲坠。 - be perched + adv./prep. The castle is perched high above the valley.
城堡高高地矗立在山谷之上。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- precariously
- on
- be perched high above something
- be perched high on something
- be perched on the edge of something
- …
- + adv./prep. The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside.
词源verb late Middle English: the noun from perch ‘a measure of length’(from Old French perche, from Latin pertica ‘measuring rod, pole’); the verb from Old French percher.