couches

英 [ˈkaʊtʃɪz]

美 [ˈkaʊtʃɪz]

n.  长沙发; 长榻; (尤指诊室内的)诊察台
v.  (用某种文体或方式)表达，措辞
couch的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 长沙发;长榻
  Acouchis a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
• (病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
  Acouchis a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
• VERB (以某种语言风格)表达，措词
  If a statementis couched ina 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。

双语例句

• The western-styled home, decorated with rosewood furniture, imported couches was favoured by most of them.
  红木家具配西洋沙发，电话收音机各种新的东西总是最先出现在这个城市。
• The furniture was old and comfortable-leather couches, newspaper racks, priceless antique tables.
  家具古老而舒适&有皮靠背椅，报纸架，无价的古董桌子。
• But even the hard work was not enough to please the couches at Ajax, they thought young Bergkamp was too lightweight and not physically strong enough to be a football player.
  但是这样的勤奋还是不足以让阿贾克斯的教练们满意，他们认为小博格坎普做为一个足球运动员来说太瘦弱。
• Then arrange your couches and chairs for conversation and reading.
  那些沙发和椅子变成聊天和阅读时间的好伙伴。
• As well as the magnificent restored dark wooden hallway and staircase, each room also contains some well-restored or new replica furniture such as couches, chairs, coat stands and dressing tables with mirrors.
  除了重新恢复后壮观的黑暗的木质走廊和楼梯之外，每个房间都配有一些经过复原或一些新的家具复制品，例如沙发、座椅、衣帽架和戴镜子的梳妆台。
• To everyone sitting on their couches watching Shark Week: that's cool I guess. I prefer to go out, jump in and ride them like a horse.
  坐在沙发上看鲨鱼周应该也挺酷的。但我更愿意来到户外，跳到海里，像骑马一样骑着鲨鱼。
• In the next two years, I slept on couches of81 people from which I rediscovered the true ME.
  两年里，我睡了81个人的说沙发，在别人的沙发上，我找回了我自己。
• There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones.
  有金银的床榻摆在红，白，黄，黑玉石铺的石地上。
• Without getting up from their couches, consumers can turn off ads that turn them off. "with the power people have in their hands," he said," they can zap a heavy-handed hard sell in an instant."
  消费者不必从坐椅起来就可以关掉令他们不感兴趣的广告。“大权操在人手，”他说，“刹那之间就可以把大力推销的广告关掉。”
• They stay in rooms with Jacussis, circular leather couches, wide-screen televisions, and views of the beach.
  他们住的地方有按摩浴池，环行的真皮沙发，宽屏幕电视，窗外的风景就是海滩。