couch

英 [kaʊtʃ]

美 [kaʊtʃ]

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

过去分词：couched　复数：couches　过去式：couched　现在分词：couching　第三人称单数：couches　

Collins.2 / BNC.8083 / COCA.3375

牛津词典

noun

长沙发；长榻
a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on
（尤指诊室内的）诊察台
a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor's office
1. on the psychiatrist's couch
  在精神病医生的诊察台上

verb

（用某种文体或方式）表达，措辞
to say or write words in a particular style or manner
1. The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms .
  这封信故意写得含糊其辞。

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。

noun

a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
an upholstered seat for more than one person
Synonym:sofalounge

verb

formulate in a particular style or language
1. I wouldn't put it that way
2. She cast her request in very polite language
Synonym:frameredactcastput

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。
We just bought a new couch.
我们不过新买了一张床。
Because I couldn't sleep with you on the couch.
因为我不能与你一起睡在睡椅上。
Wordlessly, she rises from the couch.
她一语不发，从长沙发椅上站了起来。
I should go sleep on the couch.
我应该去沙发上睡了。
It it's cool, I can sleep on the couch.
它很凉爽，我可以睡沙发。
I bedded down on the couch for the night.
我在沙发椅上睡了一晚。
And I have a couch, so you can stay on it.
我这里有床，你可以留下。
The patient lay on the couch, bare to the waist.
这位患者赤裸上身，躺在诊察台上。
I am not sitting on the couch, I am in bed.
我不是坐在沙发上我，我在床上时。