perch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɜːtʃ/    美 /pɝt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
  2. A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
    — We know him now: […] / Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground / For pleasure; […]
  3. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:; Acanthopagrus berda South-Africa
  4. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
  5. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:; Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
  6. A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated. figuratively
    — Last year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.
  7. A position that is overly elevated or haughty. figuratively
    — You may thanke me, (Lady) / I haue taken you off your mellancholly pearch, / Boare you vpon my fiſt, and ſhew'd you game, / And let you flie at it: I pray the kiſſe me, […]
  8. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:; Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus Australia
  9. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:; Kyphosus azureus US
  10. A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure. dated
    — The whole surface of the country is divided into irregular patches, following the undulations of the ground, from many acres to a few perches in extent, each of which is itself perfectly level, but stands a few inches or several feet above or below those adjacent to it.
  11. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:; Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus UK
  12. A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
  13. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
  14. A frame used to examine cloth.
  15. A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
  16. A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
动词 v.
  1. To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost. intransitive
    — The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.
  2. To sit upon the edge of something. intransitive
    — The platform was already crowded, but the newcomers threaded their way to the front amid a decorous murmur of welcome. Mr. Peeble shoved and exhorted and two end seats emerged upon which Enid and Malone perched themselves.
  3. To stay in an elevated position. intransitive
  4. To place something on (or as if on) a perch. transitive
    — The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.
  5. To inspect cloth using a perch. intransitive,transitive

词形变化

perches plural perch plural perches plural perch plural perches present,singular,third-person perching participle,present perched participle,past perched past

词汇关系

下位词
darter pike-perch zander
衍生词
American perch Balkhash perch barber perch bass perch black perch bluenose perch blue perch estuarine perch gray perch great perch Japanese red seaperch lake perch logperch Macquarie perch Nile perch ocean perch Pacific ocean perch perchlet perchling perch pest pikeperch pirate perch raccoon perch rainbow perch red-bellied perch red gurnard perch red perch ringed perch ring-tail perch rockperch rose fish sandperch sea perch → seaperch silver perch stone perch striped perch sunperch surfperch trout-perch tule perch white perch yellow perch perchlike aperch climbing perch deperch fall off one's perch knock someone off his perch knock someone off their perch overperch perchable perchery perchless perch plate perch pole perch stay reperch unperch nonperching perching bird

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der.
Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē)der.
Latin percader.
Old French perchebor.
Middle English perche
English perch
From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, whence also Old English forn (“trout”), German Forelle (“trout”).
词源 2
From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica (“staff, long pole, measuring rod”).
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