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]