| 单词 | perch |
| 释义 | perch (pɜːʳtʃ ) Word forms: perches , perching , perched language note: The form perch is used for both the singular and plural in meaning [sense 8]. 1. verb If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it. He perched on the corner of the desk. [VERB preposition/adverb] He perched himself on the side of the bed. [VERB pronoun-reflexive preposition/adverb] Synonyms: sit, rest, balance, settle perched adjective She was perched on the edge of the sofa. 2. verb To perch somewhere means to be on the top or edge of something. ...the vast slums that perch precariously on top of the hills around which the city was built. [VERB preposition/adverb] perched adjective St. John's is a small college perched high up in the hills. Frank's tinted glasses are perched precariously on his head. 3. verb If you perch something on something else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns. [VERB noun + on] 4. verb When a bird perches on something such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there. A blackbird flew down and perched on the parapet outside his window. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: land, alight, roost 5. countable noun A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on. 6. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch. 7. be knocked off one's perch phrase [VERB inflects] If someone is knocked off their perch, they are no longer admired or no longer thought of as important or clever. 8. countable noun A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch. Idioms: fall off the perch [British, old-fashioned] to die He fell off the perch years ago. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fall off your perch to fail, or suffer damage to your status or position There'll be no end of people ready to knock you down or grin with glee when you fall off your perch. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock someone off their perch [British] to cause someone to fail, or damage their status or position For the leading regional firms this is an excellent time to knock London firms off their perch and seize the advantages of lower fees and local contacts. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: perch precariously on Like the shadow chancellor, a crop of silver hair frames his lined face and a pair of reading glasses perch precariously on his head. Times, Sunday Times Half the cast dangle above the stage on ropes or perch precariously on a bamboo scaffold that forms the skeleton of the set. Times, Sunday Times There was no choice, he says, launching into an elaborate metaphor about a car perched precariously on a steep river bank. Times, Sunday Times And perched precariously on that wall, they don't see much stability either. The Sun Perching precariously on a sofa or crunching up in a corner was not going to stop these mutts from taking a nap. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 轻坐在, 栖枝 Japanese: 腰をかける, 止まり木 |
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