couch

noun

1. 长沙发；长榻
   a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on
2. （尤指诊室内的）诊察台
   a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor's office
   1. on the psychiatrist's couch
      在精神病医生的诊察台上

verb

1. （用某种文体或方式）表达，措辞
   to say or write words in a particular style or manner
   1. The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms .
      这封信故意写得含糊其辞。

1. 长沙发;长榻
   A couch 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
   A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
3. VERB (以某种语言风格)表达，措词
   If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. 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。
2. 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。
3. Nicola slowly draped herself across the couch
   妮古拉慢慢地靠在了长沙发上。
4. We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.
   我们就坐在客厅的沙发上看电视。
5. She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch
   她麻利地脱下夹克，扔在了沙发上。
6. Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.
   罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发，坐了起来。
7. He was lying prone on the couch, fast asleep.
   他趴在长沙发椅上，睡得很熟。
8. I sat back down next to John on the couch.
   我挨着约翰坐在沙发上。
9. The patient lay on the couch, bare to the waist.
   这位患者赤裸上身，躺在诊察台上。
10. Wordlessly, she rises from the couch.
    她一语不发，从长沙发椅上站了起来。
11. The alcove held a couch.
    这凹进去的地方有一张长沙发。
12. This couch, this TV, this whole house is mine!
    这床，这电视，整个房子都是我的！
13. But now it's not just the couch you bought with your ex-girlfriend.
    现在这不只是你跟你前女友买的那个沙发了。
14. You can sleep on the couch.
    你可以睡在这张沙发床上。
15. And there's a girl I picked up sleeping on the couch.
    我收留个女孩睡在沙发上。
16. I should go sleep on the couch.
    我应该去沙发上睡了。
17. I've bought some squashy pillows for the couch.
    我为睡椅买了些软枕。
18. I sleep on his couch.
    我睡在他的长椅上。
19. Figured he'd slept on the couch.
    我想他是睡在沙发上了。
20. I lay on the couch.
    我躺在长椅上。
21. Because I couldn't sleep with you on the couch.
    因为我不能与你一起睡在睡椅上。
22. It it's cool, I can sleep on the couch.
    它很凉爽，我可以睡沙发。
23. Sitting beside her on the couch, I began very slowly to understand.
    和她一起并排坐在长椅沙发上，我开始慢慢地理解了母亲的艰难。
24. And I have a couch, so you can stay on it.
    我这里有床，你可以留下。
25. I am not sitting on the couch, I am in bed.
    我不是坐在沙发上我，我在床上时。
26. I spent about one week on the couch.
    我在沙发上躺了大约一个星期。
27. I bedded down on the couch for the night.
    我在沙发椅上睡了一晚。
28. That's my couch, that's my coffee table.
    那是我的沙发，那是我的咖啡桌。
29. We just bought a new couch.
    我们不过新买了一张床。

noun

1. a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

2. a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

3. an upholstered seat for more than one person

   Synonym:    sofalounge

verb

1. formulate in a particular style or language
   1. I wouldn't put it that way
   2. She cast her request in very polite language

   Synonym:    frameredactcastput