| 单词 | perch |
| 释义 | perch (once / 443 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A perch is a temporary resting place. In the middle of climbing a tree, you might find a good perch on a high branch. Bet some birds will be perching there too. Perch has many different meanings. A bird perch is a little stick it can balance on, and the armrest of the couch can offer you a perch during a party. It's also the name of a kind of fish with spiny fins. And it's also an old measurement of 16.5 feet. WORD FAMILYperch: perched, percher, perches, perching+/percher: perchers USAGE EXAMPLESThe venue, called Reina, is perched on the Bosporus and is popular with Istanbul’s elite, including musicians and soccer players. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Soon after the game ended, they voluntarily climbed up and peacefully left the perch. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Perched high on Mr. Pettibon’s studio wall, along with various small, kitschy canvases, were a handful of his father’s paintings of nudes. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n an elevated place serving as a seat Hyper place, seat a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) 2n support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) Hypo|Hyper roost a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep support any device that bears the weight of another thing 3v to come to rest, settle Syn|Hyper alight, light land, set down reach or come to rest 4v sit, as on a branch The birds perched high in the tree Syn|Hyper rest, roost sit, sit down be seated 5v cause to perch or sit 2She perched her hat on her head Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 1n any of numerous fishes of America and Europe Hyper freshwater fish flesh of fish from fresh water used as food 2n spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes Hypo|Hyper Perca flavescens, yellow perch North American perch European perch, Perca fluviatilisa perch native to Europe pike perch, pike-perchany of several pike-like fishes of the perch family Percina tanasi, snail dartera small snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River Stizostedion vitreum, dory, jack salmon, walleye, walleyed pikepike-like freshwater perches percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes 3n any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes 3Hyper percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes 1n a linear measure of 16.5 feet Syn|Hyper pole, rod linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length 2n a square rod of land Syn|Hyper pole, rod area unit, square measure a system of units used to measure areas |
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