| 词汇 | couch |
| 释义 | couch noun[ C ] uk /kaʊtʃ/ us /kaʊtʃ/ couchnoun[C] (SEAT)A2 a sofa沙发 Martin Barraud/OJO Images/GettyImages Chairs & seats -seater armchair armrest banquette bar stool beach chair booster seat gallery high chair living room suite lounger love seat perch seating settee shooting stick shotgun stall stool window seat couchnoun[C] (BED)a type of high bed, especially one in a doctor's office（尤指医生办公室中的）诊察台，长榻 Beds & parts of beds air mattress airbed bassinet bed bedhead carrycot crib day bed divan double bed Li-lo mattress memory foam moses basket queen-size topper truckle bed trundle bed twin bed waterbed couch verb formaluk /kaʊtʃ/ us /kaʊtʃ/ couch something in/as something to express something in a particular way: 以（某种方式）表达 [ often passive ]I don't understand this form - it's all couched in legal terminology.我看不懂这张表——满篇法律术语。 couch | American Dictionarycouch noun[ C ] us/kɑʊtʃ/ couchnoun[C] (SEAT)a piece of furniture with a back and usually arms, that two or more people can sit on at once; a sofa couch verb[ T ] us/kɑʊtʃ/ couchverb[T] (EXPRESS)to express something in a particular way, esp. in order not to upset or anger the person addressed: They want to couch their response in diplomatic, not threatening, terms. Examples of couchcouch While the following is often couched in linguistic language, technical terms are defined as they occur. The apparatus should be usable for all aspects of diagnosis and treatment and, therefore, locate on different types of couch. However, the censuring of lifestyle choices associated with deleterious health consequences appears to many as moralising couched in medical terms. If the attempt had been couched in such terms, perhaps many critics might have ignored the resolution; others might even have been sympathetic. Daily checks by radiographers on the unit can be done quickly and easily with a cube phantom (which assumes the couch to be level). Predictions were couched in vague language, carefully hedged with qualifiers and crafted to offer an exit strategy if things turned out other than expected. We also expected the narratives of older subjects to include more generalized statements couched in the timeless present than those of the younger children. It is noticeable, for example, that the expression of genetic material is nearly always couched in terms of the minority percentage contribution of 'incoming' farmers. Here, verification can be continued offline, combined with a larger tolerance margin for the vertical couch position. This is done in order to attain a theoretical explanation that makes sense of the complexity, but which also remains firmly couched within the cases. We found the deviation from true horizontal to be less than 0.5 mm over the full range of horizontal couch travel. The famous couch is a case in point. This may be checked most easily using the two markers on the patient couch described earlier. The miners' declaration is couched in the language of deference, assuming the standard forms of respect granted to the monarch. Most of these are couched in the form of questions rather than answers. See all examples of couch These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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