| 释义 |
perch1 /pûrch/ noun- A rod for a bird to alight, sit, or roost on
- Anything serving that purpose for a bird, a person, or anything else
- A high seat
- A pole serving as a navigation mark
- A pole joining the fore and hind gear of some vehicles
- A bar or frame for stretching cloth for examination
- A bar for fixing leather for softening treatment
- A peg or bar for hanging things on (obsolete)
- A pole (obsolete or dialect except in special uses)
- A rod or pole, a measure of 51/2 yards (5.03 metres) or (square perch) 301/4 square yards (25.3 square metres)
- A measure of stonework, 243/4 or 25 cubic feet (0.7 cubic metres)
intransitive verb- To alight, sit or roost on a perch
- To be set on high
- To be balanced on a high or narrow footing
- To settle
transitive verb- To place, as on a perch
- To stretch, examine, or treat on a perch
ORIGIN: Fr perche, from L pertica a rod perchˈed adjective (Milton) Having perches perchˈer noun A bird with feet adapted for perching perchˈery adjective (of eggs) laid by hens kept in a modified deep litter system, where provision is made for the birds to roost as they would in the wild on branches, etc perchˈing noun - Examination of cloth on a perch
- A process of leather-softening
adjective- With feet adapted for perching
- Insessorial
perched block noun A block of rock carried by a glacier and left perched high up, often in an unstable position, when the ice recedes perching birds plural noun The Passeriformes |