perch

perch1
noun
  1. a thing on which a bird alights or roosts, typically a branch or a horizontal rod or bar in a birdcage
    （鸟的）栖息处，栖木，栖枝
    ■a place where someone or something rests or sits, especially one that is high or precarious.
    （尤指高处或不稳的）歇脚处，小憩处
    Marian looked down from her perch in a beech tree above the road.
    玛丽安从道路上方山毛榉树上的蹲脚处向下看。
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of place](of a bird) alight or rest on something
    （鸟）飞落，栖息
    a herring gull perched on the rails for most of the crossing.
    一只银鸥在横渡的大部分时间都待在护栏上。
    ■(of a person) sit somewhere, especially on something high or narrow.
    （尤指人在高处或很窄的地方）稍坐，暂歇
    Eve perched on the side of the armchair.
    伊夫坐在扶手椅的边上。
    ■(be perched)(of a building) be situated above or on the edge of something.
    （建筑物）坐落于…的上方（或边缘）
    the fortress is perched on a crag in the mountains.
    那堡垒坐落在群山中的一个悬崖上。
    ■[with obj.](perch someone/thing on)set or balance someone or something on (something).
    把…平稳置于；使坐落于
    Peter perched a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose.
    彼得的鼻梁上架着一副金丝边眼镜。
习惯用语
knock someone off their perch
  1. (informal)cause someone to lose a position of superiority or pre-eminence
    (非正式)使（某人）失去优势地位；杀（某人）的威风
    will this knock London off its perch as Europe's leading financial centre?.
    这会使伦敦失去其欧洲主要金融中心的地位吗？。
派生
percher
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: the noun from perch; the verb from Old French percher.
perch2
noun (复同单，或 perches)
  1. an edible freshwater fish with a high spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical bars on the body, and orange lower fins. (also called bass)
    Genus Perca, family Percidae (the perch family): three species, in particular P. fluviatilis of Europe (also called bass), and the almost identical yellow perch (P. flavescens) of North America. The perch family also includes the pikeperches, ruffe, and darters.
    河鲈，金鲈。鰤（亦称 bass）
    ■used in names of other freshwater and marine fishes resembling or related to this, e.g. climbing perch, pikeperch, sea perch, surfperch.
    ［用于其他相似或相关的淡水或海水鱼的名称中，如climbing perch, pikeperch, sea perch, surfperch]
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French perche, via Latin from Greek perkē.
perch3
noun
(historical, chiefly Brit.)(史，主英)
  1. a measure of length, especially for land, equal to a quarter of a chain or 512 yards (approximately 5.029 m)
    杆（尤指用来测量土地长度的单位，等于1/4测链或512码，约5.029米）。 亦称pole, rod.
  2. (亦作 square perch)a measure of area, especially for land, equal to 160th of an acre or 3014 square yards (approximately 25.29 sq. metres)
    平方杆（尤指用来测量土地面积的单位，等于1/160英亩或3014平方码，约25.29平方米）。 亦称 pole, rod, square pole, square rod
语源
  1. Middle English (in the general sense 'pole, stick'): from Old French perche, from Latin pertica 'measuring rod, pole'.
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