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

• These people lie on the couches reading newspaper after watering.
  有些人泡完水后，就轻松躺在睡椅上看报纸。
• They're sleeping on people's couches.
  这些人睡在别人家的沙发上。
• 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。
• The club's private meeting room is an exclusive lounge for meetings furnished with comfortable couches and chairs, coffee table, reading lamps and fresh flowers.
  行政楼层私人会议室配备有高级的会议设备，并备有舒适的沙发、椅子、咖啡桌、台灯和鲜花。
• It has two couches that fold into twin beds, a separate dressing room, lavatory and shower, and a spacious office.
  其中有两张能打开变成两张单人床的折叠沙发，一间单独的更衣室，厕所和淋浴，还有一间宽敞的办公室。
• Soon, we find our parents fast asleep on couches with their clothes on.
  不久，我们就发现父母在沙发上和衣睡着了。
• Once he made a board game called Psychiatry, which consisted of little couches being moved around the board.
  他曾发明一种板上游戏叫做'精神病'，需要将一只小睡椅在板上不停移动。
• If people need motivation to get up from their office chairs or couches and become less sedentary, two useful new studies could provide the impetus.
  如果人们需要一些动力才愿意从办公椅和沙发上站起来，少坐一会儿，那么两项有用的新研究能提供这种动力。
• Infants shouldn't share beds or couches with grown-ups or other kids during sleep.
  睡觉时不要与其他儿童或者幼儿共用一张床或睡椅。
• 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。”