perch

perch

[pə:tʃ]

n.栖木, 高位, 杆,河鲈鱼
v.栖息, 就位, 位于
n.河鲈鱼

例句与用法:

The small village perched on a hill.

这个小村庄位于山上。

The bird perched on the electric wires.

鸟栖息在电线上。

From our perch up there on top of the cliff we can see the whole town.

我们从悬崖顶上的高处能看到城市的全景。

词形变化:

名词复数: perch | 动词过去式: perched | 动词过去分词: perched | 动词现在分词: perching | 动词第三人称单数: perches |


n.[C]

1. (鸟类的)栖息处, 栖木

The bird took its perch on a tree branch.

鸟儿栖息在树枝上。

2. (位置较高的)休息处; 高处

We watched the parade from our perch on top of the roof.

我们待在高高的屋顶上观看游行。

3. 高位

4. 挂物木钉, 挂杆

He has a new perch as president of the university.

他新任大学校长的高职。

5. 【机】(联系前后车轴的)连杆, 主轴; 架

vi.[Q][(+on)]

1. (鸟)飞落, 栖息

2. (在较高处)暂歇

She perched on a high chair.

她坐在一张高椅子上。

3. (在较高或较险处)坐落

The stone buildings perch on a hill crest.

那些石头房子坐落在山顶上。

vt.

1. 使飞落, 使暂栖[O][(+on)]

Little birds perch themselves on the branches.

小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。

2. 把……置于(较高或较险处)[O][(+on)]

A pair of spectacles was perched near the end of his nose.

一副眼镜架在他的鼻尖上。

3. 使坐落于; 使处于[H][O][(+on)]

The pagoda is perched on top of the hill.

宝塔耸峙于山顶之上。

4. 验(布)


n.

【动】河鲈[C]

They went fishing for perch.

他们去捕河鲈。


短语词组:

come off one's perch

1. 不再骄傲自大

Come off your perch and stop considering yourself as the most important person here.

别狂妄了, 不要自以为这儿你是老大。

knock sb. off his perch

1. 把某人毁掉; 击败某人

He's always finding fault with us; we'll have to find some way to knock him off his perch one of these days.

他老是找我们麻烦; 哪一天我们也要设法让他认输。


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