Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense couches, present participle couching, past tense, past participle couched
1N-COUNT 长沙发;长榻 A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people. 长沙发;长榻
2N-COUNT (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. (病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
3VERB [usually passive](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. (以某种语言风格)表达,措词 [written]
The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms. [beV-ed + in/as]
新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。
This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum. [beV-ed in/as n]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUCH | COUCH + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤comfortable, comfy (informal) , plush, soft (especially NAmE) 舒適的長沙發;柔軟的長沙發➤leather, velvet皮沙發;天鵝絨沙發➤overstuffed (especially NAmE) 加有厚軟墊的沙發◇She settled down to read on the huge, overstuffed couch.她在軟綿綿的大沙發裏坐下讀書。➤worn破舊的沙發◇The room contained an old worn couch.房間裏有一個破舊的老沙發。➤living-room (NAmE) 客廳沙發◇He was sprawled on the living-room couch watching TV.他四肢舒展地躺在客廳沙發上看電視。➤pull-out (NAmE) 可拉開的沙發牀◇You can sleep on the pull-out couch.你可以睡在活動沙發牀上。➤psychiatrist's精神科醫生的長榻◇She spends several hours a week on the psychiatrist's couch.她每週都要看幾個小時的精神科醫生。VERB + COUCH➤lie (down) on, recline on, sink back on, sink into, sit (down) on, sprawl on, stretch (out) on躺在/斜倚在/向後倒在/倒在/坐到/四肢攤開躺在/四肢伸展躺在長沙發上◇They sat down on the wide couch.他們在那張很寬的長沙發上坐了下來。➤get up from, rise from, slide off, swing your legs off, swing yourself off從長沙發上起來;從長沙發上滑下來;把腿從長沙發上放下來;扭身從沙發上站起來COUCH + NOUN➤cushion, pillow (NAmE) 沙發靠墊/靠枕▸➤potato (= sb who spends all their time sitting on a couch)成天泡在沙發上看電視的人◇He's turned into a real couch potato since he subscribed to the sports channel.自從他付費收看體育頻道之後,就真的變成了一個泡在沙發上的電視蟲。PREPOSITION➤on a/the couch在長沙發上◇He slept on the couch.他在長沙發上睡覺。