couch读音

1. 【酿造】麦芽床
2. 床，卧榻
3. 沙发，长沙发，长榻， 长椅
4. 睡椅，躺椅
5. 休息处
6. 窝，窟，巢穴
7. 【画】底子
8. 诊察台

1. 表达
2. 埋伏
3. 躺，躺着，横躺着（身体），（使）使躺下，使横卧
4. 端着准备进攻
5. 在麦芽床上铺上麦粒
6. 蹲着， 蹲伏
7. 铲除麦斛
8. 弯着身子（作要跳的姿势）
9. 挺着（枪）
10. 暗示，隐含
11. 睡
12. 放平，放低以准备攻击
13. 措辞
14. 贴线缝绣
15. 涂底子于，涂底漆于
16. 隐藏，把…藏起来
17. 把（谷物）放在麦芽床上发芽
18. 除去（白内障）
19. 集堆腐烂

1. [C]长沙发 long bedlike seat for sitting or lying on
2. [C](病人受检查时躺的)长榻 a bedlike piece of furniture on which a person lies when being examined by a doctor

1. vt. 表达 express (a thought, an idea, etc.) (in words)

1.长沙发;长榻
Acouch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.

2.(病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
Acouch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.

3.(以某种语言风格)表达，措词
If a statementis couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.

e.g. The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms...
新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。
e.g. This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。

1. Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.
   如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
2. The patient lay on the couch, bare to the waist.
   这位患者赤裸上身,躺在诊察台上。

1. He couched his request in very polite terms.
   他以非常礼貌的言词表达了自己的要求。
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2. The government's refusal was couched in friendly language.
   政府用和善的语言拒绝了。

• comfortable couch舒适的沙发

• studio couch坐卧两用沙发

• couch one's demands〔ideas, opinions, thoughts〕表达自己的要求〔想法,意见,思想〕

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的couche，意为床，躺卧。