| 单词 | perch |
| 释义 | perch 1. n. & v. --n 1. a usu. horizontal bar, branch, etc. used by a bird to rest on. 2. a usu. high or precarious place for a person or thing to rest on. 3. a measure of length, esp. for land, of 51/2 yards (see also ROD, POLE). --vintr. & tr. (usu. foll. by on) settle or rest, or cause to settle or rest on or as if on a perch etc. (the bird perched on a branch; a town perched on a hill). Phrases and idioms knock a person off his perch 1. vanquish, destroy. 2. make less confident or secure. square perch 301/4 sq. yards. Etymology: ME f. OF perche, percher f. L pertica pole 2. n. (pl. same or perches) any spiny-finned freshwater edible fish of the genus Perca, esp. P. fluviatilis of Europe. Etymology: ME f. OF perche f. L perca f. Gk perke |
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