couch
couch 英 [kaʊtʃ] 美 [kaʊtʃ]
n. 睡椅，长沙发 v. 表达，措辞
进行时:couching 过去式:couched 过去分词:couched 第三人称单数:couches 名词复数:couches
- A couch is a sofa — an upholstered piece of furniture that seats more than one person. It's nice to have a couch that's big enough for your whole family to sit on while you watch TV.
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- n. 睡椅，长沙发
- v. 表达，措辞
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1. on the couch
在沙发上
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2. He went to the couch and sank into it, uncertain what to do next.
他来到沙发前，一屁股坐进沙发里，他在想下一步该做什么。
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3. The letter was couched invery vague terms.
这封信写得含糊其词。
- couch (n.1) mid-14c., "a bed," from Old French couche "a bed, lair" (12c.), from coucher "to lie down," from Latin collocare (see couch (v.)). From mid-15c. as "a long seat upon which one rests at full length." Traditionally, a couch has the head end only raised, and only half a back; a sofa has both ends raised and a full back; a settee is like a sofa but may be without arms; an ottoman has neither back nor arms, nor has a divan, the distinctive feature of which is that it goes against a wall.
- couch (n.2) in couch-grass, 1570s; a corruption of Old English cwice "living, alive" (see quick (adj.)).
- couch (v.) c. 1300, "to spread or lay on a surface, to overlay," from Old French couchier "to lay down, place; go to bed, put to bed," from Latin collocare "to lay, place, station, arrange," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see com-) + locare "to place," from locus "a place" (see locus).
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