单词	couch
释义	noun | verb couchcouch1 /kaʊtʃ/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYcouch1 Origin: 1300-1400 French couche, from coucher to lie, from Latin collocare to put in place Collocations COLLOCATIONS► on the couch  Mandy curled up on the couch to watch television. ► on the couch  After 20 years on the couch (=being treated), Richard is finally giving up therapy. 1 a comfortable piece of furniture, usually with a back and arms, on which more than one person can sit SYN sofa:  Mandy curled up on the couch to watch television.2a long low piece of furniture that you lie down on during psychoanalysis:  After 20 years on the couch (=being treated), Richard is finally giving up therapy. [Origin: 1300–1400 French couche, from coucher to lie, from Latin collocare to put in place] noun | verb couchcouch2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE couch Simple Form Present I, you, we, they couch he, she, it couches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they couched Present perfect I, you, we, they have couched he, she, it has couched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had couched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will couch Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have couched Continuous Form Present I am couching he, she, it is couching you, we, they are couching Past I, he, she, it was couching you, we, they were couching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been couching he, she, it has been couching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been couching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be couching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been couching formal to express something in a particular way in order to be polite or not offend someone: couch something in something The offer was couched in legal jargon.
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