couch

英 [kaʊtʃ] 美[kaʊtʃ]

n. 睡椅，长沙发；床；卧榻
vi. 蹲伏，埋伏；躺着
vt. 使躺下；表达；弯下
n. (Couch)人名；(英)库奇

近义词 burrow den cave tunnel lair hole

CET6 考研 IELTS TEM4 CET4 中低频词常用词汇

英英释义

1. an upholstered seat for more than one person

2. a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

3. a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

同义词辨析

couch, sofa

这两个名词均可表示"沙发"之意。

couch：指供昼夜坐卧，似床一样的长沙发或睡椅。

sofa：指有扶手和靠背，可供多人坐或一个人睡的长沙发，也泛指沙发。

词组搭配

on the couch

undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment

在接受精神分析（或精神病治疗）

考试真题

Throughout the evening, one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.

实用场景例句

on the psychiatrist's couch: 在精神病医生的诊察台上

The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms .: 这封信故意写得含糊其辞。

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。

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。

Couch hard arguments in soft words.: 理要硬而话要软.

Could you take off your coat and shirt, and lie on the couch, please?: 把外套和衬衣脱掉, 躺在床上, 好吗 ?

A man was sitting on a couch.: 沙发上坐着一个人.

The picture shows a nude reposing on a couch.: 这幅画表现的是一个人赤身体躺在长沙发上.

There was a huge upholstered couch , some deep leather armchairs a library table heaped with magazines.: 有一张很大的弹簧床, 几张高背扶手皮椅,一张书桌上堆满了杂志.

Her husband had to sleep in the couch.: 她的丈夫不得不睡沙发.

His couch cost an arm and a leg.: 他买沙发花了不少钱.

Get off that couch and begin the productive life you should be living.: 别赖在沙发上了,做事变得高效一点吧,那才是应该过的生活.

The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.: 兔子从草丛中跳出.

How do you like the couch?: 你喜欢这个沙发吗 ?

The pillows can be safely tucked away behind the couch.: 枕头可以安全地塞到沙发的后面.

Adjoining was her bed room, with Bibi's couch along side her own.: 隔壁是她的卧室, 毕比的卧榻和她的并排放着.

The tired girl reclined on the couch.: 这个疲倦的女孩斜躺在长沙发上.

Your couch, bed, kitchen table.: 你们家的沙发、床、餐桌.

Mary was not well so she was lying on the couch in the living room.: 玛丽感到身体不适,所以她躺在起居室的沙发上.

He was lying prone on the couch, fast asleep.: 他趴在长沙发椅上, 睡得很熟.

We must use time as a tool not as a couch.: 我们应该把时间当作工具而不是沙发.

I sat on the couch all day watching television.: 我整天坐在沙发上看电视.

I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch , made a movement to follow him.: 看他作的准备, 我猜他允许我走了, 我离开我的硬座, 打算跟他走.

The alcove held a couch.: 这凹进去的地方有一张长沙发.

Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.: 如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去.

Then you're a couch potato.: 那么你是一个终日懒散在家的人.

He slumped down on the couch and closed his eyes, panting hard.: 于是他一歪身便躺了下去,闭着眼睛只是喘气.

When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.: 32以利沙来到、进了屋子、看见孩子死了、放在自己的床上.

中文词源

couch 长沙发

来自拉丁词collocare, 安排，布置，放下，词源同allocate。引申义沙发，床。

双语例句

1. Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.: 罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发，坐了起来。

2. We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.: 我们就坐在客厅的沙发上看电视。

3. She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch.: 她麻利地脱下夹克，扔在了沙发上。

4. Nicola slowly draped herself across the couch.: 妮古拉慢慢地靠在了长沙发上。

5. on the psychiatrist's couch: 在精神病医生的诊察台上

英文词源

couch (v.): c. 1300, "to overlay with gold, inlay," from Old French couchier "to lay down, place; go to bed, put to bed," from Latin collocare "to lay, place, station, arrange," from com- "together" (see com-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Meaning "to put into words" is from 1520s. Related: Couched; couching. Heraldic couchant ("lying down with the head up") is late 15c., from the French present participle.
couch (n.): mid-14c., from Old French couche (12c.) "a bed, lair," from coucher "to lie down," from Latin collocare (see couch (v.)). 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 potato first recorded 1979.

词态变化

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