| 单词 | to couch in such and such terms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto couch in such and such terms a. To put together, frame, shape, arrange (words, a sentence, etc.); to express in language, put into words; to set down in writing. Now always to couch in such and such terms, to couch in words, to couch in language, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > express in a specific style [verb (transitive)] > express in particular terms layc1330 setc1460 couch1529 terma1535 phrase1556 put1571 shape1589 word1602 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. iiv Yt ys so contryued, and the wordys so cowched, that.., a symple reder myght..in the redyng be dedely corrupted. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.i In chouching the whole sentence, the like regarde is to be had. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 205 The words wherein the question..is couched. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 282 Flattery well couch'd. 1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 5 The Argument..is best understood when couch'd in few Words. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 255 All Insurances..shall be couched and executed according to the..Manner prescribed. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. i. 2 All the answers he received were couched in the negative. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 99 The Swedenborgians..couching it in their own peculiar phraseology. < as lemmas |
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