The form perch is used for both the singular and plural in meaning 8. 义项8的单复数同形。
- VERB 坐在…边缘;坐在…顶端
If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it.
- He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk...
他点了一根烟,坐在桌角上。 - He perched himself on the side of the bed.
他坐在床沿上。
- VERB 在…顶部;在…边缘
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.
坐落在城市周围的山峰上、摇摇欲坠的贫民窟
- VERB 把…置于;使立稳于…的边缘(或顶部)
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.
建筑工人在8根细柱上架起轻巧的混凝土穹顶。
- VERB (鸟)栖息,停留
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.
一只乌鸫飞下来,停在他窗外的矮墙上。
- (鸟的)栖木,栖枝
A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on.
- 高位,高处
You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch .
- PHRASE 赶下神坛
If someone is knocked off their perch, they are no longer admired or no longer thought of as important or clever.
- There is a trend for knocking public-school headmasters and headmistresses off their perches.
现在有一种推翻公立学校校长权威性的趋势。
- 鲈鱼;河鲈
A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch.