n.(名词)

1. 【酿造】麦芽床
2. 床，卧榻
3. 沙发，长沙发，长榻， 长椅
4. 睡椅，躺椅
5. 休息处
6. 窝，窟，巢穴
7. 【画】底子
8. 诊察台

v.(动词)

1. 表达
2. 埋伏
3. 躺，躺着，横躺着（身体），（使）使躺下，使横卧
4. 端着准备进攻
5. 在麦芽床上铺上麦粒
6. 蹲着， 蹲伏
7. 铲除麦斛
8. 弯着身子（作要跳的姿势）
9. 挺着（枪）
10. 暗示，隐含
11. 睡
12. 放平，放低以准备攻击
13. 措辞
14. 贴线缝绣
15. 涂底子于，涂底漆于
16. 隐藏，把…藏起来
17. 把（谷物）放在麦芽床上发芽
18. 除去（白内障）
19. 集堆腐烂

n.(名词)

1. [C]长沙发 long bedlike seat for sitting or lying on
2. [C](病人受检查时躺的)长榻 a bedlike piece of furniture on which a person lies when being examined by a doctor

v.(动词)

1. vt. 表达 express (a thought, an idea, etc.) (in words)

Noun:

1. an upholstered seat for more than one person

2. a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

3. a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

Verb:

1. formulate in a particular style or language;

   "I wouldn't put it that way"
   "She cast her request in very polite language"
   

1.长沙发;长榻
Acouch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.

2.(病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
Acouch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.

3.(以某种语言风格)表达，措词
If a statementis couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

1. 长沙发：像坎迪斯那样的人,英文俚语称为couch potato:有空时就躺在长沙发(couch)上看电视,像马铃薯(potato)等植物一样动也不动. Vidiot,由video(电视、录像)和idiot(傻瓜)两字合成,也是指沉迷看电视、录像带的人.

2. 床：扫描架参数 (Gantry) 扫描方式 旋转/旋转方式+滑环补偿探测器系统X线球管 (CT Tube) 管球阳极热容量 2000kHU/3500kHU病人床(couch) 上下移动 610mm

3. 长沙发椅：Cot 童床(婴儿床) |couch 长沙发椅 | Cupboard 橱柜

Dad is sleeping on the couch.

爸爸在长椅上睡觉。

Little Tom was lolling about on the couch, eating sweets.

小汤姆懒洋洋地躺在睡椅上，吃着糖果。

His black leather couch looks expensive.

他的黑色皮沙发看上去很昂贵。

The rabbit sprang from its grassy couch.

兔子从草丛中跳出。

Poets couch their ideas in beautiful language.

诗人用美丽的语言传达他们的意念。

The refusal was couched in friendly language.

他用友善的语言表达了拒绝之意。

on the psychiatrist's couch

在精神病医生的诊察台上

The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms .

这封信故意写得含糊其辞。

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。

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。

couch hard arguments in soft words.

理要硬而话要软.

Could you take off your coat and shirt, and lie on the couch, please?

把外套和衬衣脱掉, 躺在床上, 好 吗 ?

A man was sitting on a couch.

沙发上坐着一个人.

The picture shows a nude reposing on a couch.

这幅画表现的是一个人赤身体躺在长沙发上.

There was a huge upholstered couch , some deep leather armchairs a library table heaped with magazines.

有一张很大的弹簧床, 几张高背扶手皮椅,一张书桌上堆满了杂志.

Her husband had to sleep in the couch.

她的丈夫不得不睡沙发.

His couch cost an arm and a leg.

他买沙发花了不少钱.

Get off that couch and begin the productive life you should be living.

别赖在沙发上了,做事变得高效一点吧,那才是应该过的生活.

The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.

兔子从草丛中跳出.

How do you like the couch?

你喜欢这个沙发 吗 ?

The pillows can be safely tucked away behind the couch.

枕头可以安全地塞到沙发的后面.

Adjoining was her bed room, with Bibi's couch along side her own.

隔壁是她的卧室, 毕比的卧榻和她的并排放着.

The tired girl reclined on the couch.

这个疲倦的女孩斜躺在长沙发上.

Your couch, bed, kitchen table.

你们家的沙发 、 床 、 餐桌.

Mary was not well so she was lying on the couch in the living room.

玛丽感到身体不适,所以她躺在起居室的沙发上.

He was lying prone on the couch, fast asleep.

他趴在长沙发椅上, 睡得很熟.

We must use time as a tool not as a couch.

我们应该把时间当作工具而不是沙发.

I sat on the couch all day watching television.

我整天坐在沙发上看电视.

I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch , made a movement to follow him.

看他作的准备, 我猜他允许我走了, 我离开我的硬座, 打算跟他走.

The alcove held a couch.

这凹进去的地方有一张长沙发.

Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.

如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去.

Then you're a couch potato.

那么你是一个终日懒散在家的人.

He slumped down on the couch and closed his eyes, panting hard.

于是他一歪身便躺了下去,闭着眼睛只是喘气.

When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.

32以利沙来到、进了屋子 、 看见孩子死了、放在自己的床上.

1. Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.
   如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
2. The patient lay on the couch, bare to the waist.
   这位患者赤裸上身,躺在诊察台上。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. He couched his request in very polite terms.
   他以非常礼貌的言词表达了自己的要求。
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2. The government's refusal was couched in friendly language.
   政府用和善的语言拒绝了。

形容词+～

• couch">comfortable couch舒适的沙发

名词+～

• couch">studio couch坐卧两用沙发

～+名词

• couch%20one%27s%20demands%E3%80%94ideas%2C%20opinions%2C%20thoughts%E3%80%95">couch one's demands〔ideas, opinions, thoughts〕表达自己的要求〔想法,意见,思想〕

• Hospitality could offer little more than a couch of straw.

  出自：Ld Macaulay

• An vnderstorie..to couch your wines and cidres in.

  出自：R. Surflet

couch，sofa

这两个名词均可表示“沙发”之意。

couch指供昼夜坐卧，似床一样的长沙发或睡椅。

sofa指有扶手和靠背，可供多人坐或一个人睡的长沙发，也泛指沙发。

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的couche，意为床，躺卧。