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noun kaʊtʃkaʊtʃ 1A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on. 长沙发 I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch Example sentencesExamples - The second suggestion was to replace desks and chairs with couches and loveseats in classrooms.
- The place was bare of furniture except for the couch.
- His eye fell on the coffee table before his couch, and puzzledly, he picked up the small piece of paper on it.
- Furniture includes chairs and couches upholstered in amber, magenta, and burgundy.
- The only actual piece of furniture was a worn couch placed in the middle of the room, facing the far wall.
- Soft, cushioned and immensely appealing couches were the only pieces of furniture in the room.
- These prices are inclusive of a full furniture package to include beds, wardrobes, couches, curtains, tables and chairs.
- In its quiet, subtle lighting sat numerous chairs, couches, and end tables.
- Joan opted for the two-seater couch and sat stiffly at the edge of it.
- There was couches, sofas, chairs, and tables everywhere.
- The room was almost empty except for the random couch, table, desk, and a large plant in the far corner.
- David gets up and drags the coffee table towards the couch and sits back down, resting his feet on the edge of the table.
- When the elevator stopped, I walked down to the lobby and sat on the middle of the three couches, the couch that faced the front desk.
- The house was very nice, with warm honey brown wood furniture and overstuffed couches; it gave off a homey feeling.
- On the opposite side of the room were a futon couch and a coffee table.
- Beds, couches and other furniture became higher with changes in sitting posture, since people began to sit on chairs with their legs hanging down.
- Inside, it was even worse; the furniture was just old couches and chairs that were too old and wrecked to be used in a real house.
- He hung up the phone and pulled a chair from the kitchen over to the couch and sat down.
- Another way to revive your tired furniture, like couches and chairs, is to get them re-upholstered.
- It lacked a great deal of furniture; it only had a couch, a table, a fireplace, a book case, and some paintings on the walls.
Synonyms settee, sofa, divan, chaise longue, chesterfield, love seat, settle, ottoman British put-you-up North American day bed, davenport, studio couch, sectional French canapé, tête-à-tête rare squab - 1.1 A reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment.
（病人接受心理分析或治疗时躺卧的）长榻，诊察台 the child was lying on the examination couch Example sentencesExamples - A bather reclines on a couch, enjoying a massage, while a fountain splashes nearby.
- Here I am thirteen years later, sobbing on a therapist's couch.
- I bring it up on my therapist's couch later that day.
- Although I had never encountered status asthmaticus, the patient struggling for breath on the examination couch fitted the image locked in my memory.
- They enter his office to be faced with a comfortable leather sofa and an examination couch, complete with stirrups.
- What he really needs is a lot of time on a psychiatrist's couch.
- Ashley zoned in to find her doctor standing next to the examination couch.
- I was dressed in scrubs and I threw my ID badge under the examination couch.
- I'm lying on a treatment couch at the Healing Clinic.
- Like a patient on a psychiatrist's couch, it all comes tumbling out.
- He belongs on a psychiatrist's couch, not inside a boxing ring.
- I lie on the rectangular couch of Doctor James.
- The Rotary club has also raised funds to buy a new examination couch, costing £350.
- The patient lies on a couch and the bite block is placed into their mouth.
- One UK department introduced a system where a doctor saw all patients with minor injuries that did not need an examination couch or an urgent intervention.
verb kaʊtʃkaʊtʃ [with object]1Express (something) in language of a specified style. （用特定风格的语言）表达（某事） the assurances were couched in general terms 用笼统的措辞作了保证。 Example sentencesExamples - The irony is that they believed they had couched their decision in language no-one would find offensive.
- Though they are couched in very polite language, they are bombshells nonetheless.
- Dreams are not couched in the language of everyday speech, but it does not follow that they are necessarily concealing something unacceptable.
- Of the three, the last is poetry couched in a simple language that can be understood even by those who have a basic knowledge of Sanskrit.
- The plan is couched in the language of humanitarianism and democracy.
- Their arguments are attractive because they are couched in mathematical or scientific terms and backed by what seems to be scientific competence.
- Her love of the reef is couched in the language of the nature study and science of her time.
- Rejections of such proposals are often couched in general and conceptual terms, but pragmatic calculations are almost certainly more important.
- Memos and reports are often couched in bureaucratic language and jargon.
- Notice how frequently they couch immoral concepts in language using the word ‘moral’?
- Relying on testimonials by interested parties is unreasonable, even if the testimonial is couched in terms of scientific data.
- The assessment is couched in general and ambiguous terms that can apply to almost anyone.
- But once an issue is couched in the language of civil rights, its outcome is no longer in doubt.
- Accordingly, in addition to simple differences in plot, the two storylines are couched in entirely different styles, settings, and contexts.
- And certainly they think that to convey it to a sports audience they must couch it in those terms.
- Yet these demands are deliberately couched in the language of human rights and freedoms.
- Since all meditative experiences are so radically subjective it seems difficult to find a language in which to couch an objective or value-free account of them.
- While the economists' statement was couched in fairly mild language, an editorial in last Tuesday's edition of the Financial Times was positively scathing.
- Many of these claims for interactivity are couched in terms that cast the individual as a consumer rather than a citizen.
- In other words, although his argument is couched in the language of economics, he implicitly suggests that open source development occurs outside of the market.
Synonyms express, phrase, word, frame, put, formulate, style, render, set forth, put across, convey, communicate, say, state, utter, voice 2literary Lay down. 〈诗/文〉躺下；躺卧 two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass 两个美丽的生灵，并肩躺在草丛深处。 3archaic Lower (a spear) to the position for attack. 〈古〉平端（矛或枪）（准备攻击） To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance 4usually as noun couchinghistorical Treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil. 〈主史〉用下压及后压晶状体的方式治疗（白内障） Example sentencesExamples - The surgeon performed a type of cataract surgery known as couching.
- The successful removal of the cataract by the couching method that he advocated and practised as early as in the 18th Century was perhaps as stunning an achievement as those of his British and European counterparts of that era.
5(in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread. 贴线缝绣 gold and silver threads couched by hand 手工贴线缝绣的金丝和银丝。 Example sentencesExamples - Machine or hand embellishments, from elaborate beading and embroidery to couching with glitzy cords or braids, will enhance your appliqué.
- Try pin-tucking fabric, or couching down decorative threads, embroider by hand or by machine on the fronts, or even try beading an evening vest.
- To couch several smaller threads, twist them together before they enter the scroll.
- Nine five-clawed dragons are couched in gold thread.
PhrasesUndergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment. 在接受心理分析；在接受精神病治疗 Example sentencesExamples - All of this sounds a bit too much like the analyst putting himself on the couch.
OriginMiddle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense 'lay something down'): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare 'place together' (see collocate). Rhymesavouch, crouch, debouch, grouch, ouch, pouch, slouch, vouch noun kuːtʃˈkutʃ ˌɡræs mass nounA coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens. 匍匐冰草；小糠草，红顶草；茅根 Genera Elymus and Agropyron, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the Eurasian common couch (E. repens) Example sentencesExamples - This was the weedmat that defeated my oxalis and couch grass.
- It's constructed in the Han architectural style with yellow walls, black wood and couch grass.
- This may not be fully achievable due to the highly altered environment and presence of couch grass, but an attempt will be made.
- Raspberries creep underground like couch grass, though unfortunately not so rampantly.
- The main weeds dying back were creeping thistle, couch and mature knotgrass.
OriginLate 16th century: variant of quitch. nounkaʊtʃkouCH 1A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on. 长沙发 Example sentencesExamples - Soft, cushioned and immensely appealing couches were the only pieces of furniture in the room.
- Inside, it was even worse; the furniture was just old couches and chairs that were too old and wrecked to be used in a real house.
- His eye fell on the coffee table before his couch, and puzzledly, he picked up the small piece of paper on it.
- David gets up and drags the coffee table towards the couch and sits back down, resting his feet on the edge of the table.
- There was couches, sofas, chairs, and tables everywhere.
- The second suggestion was to replace desks and chairs with couches and loveseats in classrooms.
- The house was very nice, with warm honey brown wood furniture and overstuffed couches; it gave off a homey feeling.
- Furniture includes chairs and couches upholstered in amber, magenta, and burgundy.
- In its quiet, subtle lighting sat numerous chairs, couches, and end tables.
- Beds, couches and other furniture became higher with changes in sitting posture, since people began to sit on chairs with their legs hanging down.
- On the opposite side of the room were a futon couch and a coffee table.
- The place was bare of furniture except for the couch.
- It lacked a great deal of furniture; it only had a couch, a table, a fireplace, a book case, and some paintings on the walls.
- He hung up the phone and pulled a chair from the kitchen over to the couch and sat down.
- The only actual piece of furniture was a worn couch placed in the middle of the room, facing the far wall.
- When the elevator stopped, I walked down to the lobby and sat on the middle of the three couches, the couch that faced the front desk.
- These prices are inclusive of a full furniture package to include beds, wardrobes, couches, curtains, tables and chairs.
- Another way to revive your tired furniture, like couches and chairs, is to get them re-upholstered.
- The room was almost empty except for the random couch, table, desk, and a large plant in the far corner.
- Joan opted for the two-seater couch and sat stiffly at the edge of it.
Synonyms settee, sofa, divan, chaise longue, chesterfield, love seat, settle, ottoman - 1.1 A reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment.
（病人接受心理分析或治疗时躺卧的）长榻，诊察台 Example sentencesExamples - Ashley zoned in to find her doctor standing next to the examination couch.
- Here I am thirteen years later, sobbing on a therapist's couch.
- I bring it up on my therapist's couch later that day.
- I'm lying on a treatment couch at the Healing Clinic.
- I was dressed in scrubs and I threw my ID badge under the examination couch.
- Although I had never encountered status asthmaticus, the patient struggling for breath on the examination couch fitted the image locked in my memory.
- Like a patient on a psychiatrist's couch, it all comes tumbling out.
- The patient lies on a couch and the bite block is placed into their mouth.
- They enter his office to be faced with a comfortable leather sofa and an examination couch, complete with stirrups.
- A bather reclines on a couch, enjoying a massage, while a fountain splashes nearby.
- He belongs on a psychiatrist's couch, not inside a boxing ring.
- One UK department introduced a system where a doctor saw all patients with minor injuries that did not need an examination couch or an urgent intervention.
- I lie on the rectangular couch of Doctor James.
- What he really needs is a lot of time on a psychiatrist's couch.
- The Rotary club has also raised funds to buy a new examination couch, costing £350.
verbkaʊtʃkouCH [with object]1usually be couched inExpress (something) in language of a specified style. （用特定风格的语言）表达（某事） many false claims are couched in scientific jargon Example sentencesExamples - But once an issue is couched in the language of civil rights, its outcome is no longer in doubt.
- Their arguments are attractive because they are couched in mathematical or scientific terms and backed by what seems to be scientific competence.
- Though they are couched in very polite language, they are bombshells nonetheless.
- Memos and reports are often couched in bureaucratic language and jargon.
- Dreams are not couched in the language of everyday speech, but it does not follow that they are necessarily concealing something unacceptable.
- While the economists' statement was couched in fairly mild language, an editorial in last Tuesday's edition of the Financial Times was positively scathing.
- The irony is that they believed they had couched their decision in language no-one would find offensive.
- Notice how frequently they couch immoral concepts in language using the word ‘moral’?
- Rejections of such proposals are often couched in general and conceptual terms, but pragmatic calculations are almost certainly more important.
- Many of these claims for interactivity are couched in terms that cast the individual as a consumer rather than a citizen.
- Accordingly, in addition to simple differences in plot, the two storylines are couched in entirely different styles, settings, and contexts.
- The assessment is couched in general and ambiguous terms that can apply to almost anyone.
- Relying on testimonials by interested parties is unreasonable, even if the testimonial is couched in terms of scientific data.
- Of the three, the last is poetry couched in a simple language that can be understood even by those who have a basic knowledge of Sanskrit.
- In other words, although his argument is couched in the language of economics, he implicitly suggests that open source development occurs outside of the market.
- The plan is couched in the language of humanitarianism and democracy.
- Her love of the reef is couched in the language of the nature study and science of her time.
- Yet these demands are deliberately couched in the language of human rights and freedoms.
- Since all meditative experiences are so radically subjective it seems difficult to find a language in which to couch an objective or value-free account of them.
- And certainly they think that to convey it to a sports audience they must couch it in those terms.
Synonyms express, phrase, word, frame, put, formulate, style, render, set forth, put across, convey, communicate, say, state, utter, voice 2literary no object Lie down. 〈诗/文〉躺下；躺卧 two creatures couched side by side in the deep grass 两个美丽的生灵，并肩躺在草丛深处。 3archaic Lower (a spear) to the position for attack. 〈古〉平端（矛或枪）（准备攻击） 4usually as noun couchinghistorical Treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downward and backward, out of line with the pupil. 〈主史〉用下压及后压晶状体的方式治疗（白内障） Example sentencesExamples - The successful removal of the cataract by the couching method that he advocated and practised as early as in the 18th Century was perhaps as stunning an achievement as those of his British and European counterparts of that era.
- The surgeon performed a type of cataract surgery known as couching.
5(in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread. 贴线缝绣 gold and silver threads couched by hand 手工贴线缝绣的金丝和银丝。 Example sentencesExamples - Machine or hand embellishments, from elaborate beading and embroidery to couching with glitzy cords or braids, will enhance your appliqué.
- Try pin-tucking fabric, or couching down decorative threads, embroider by hand or by machine on the fronts, or even try beading an evening vest.
- To couch several smaller threads, twist them together before they enter the scroll.
- Nine five-clawed dragons are couched in gold thread.
PhrasesUndergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment. 在接受心理分析；在接受精神病治疗 Example sentencesExamples - All of this sounds a bit too much like the analyst putting himself on the couch.
OriginMiddle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’ (see collocate). nounˈko͞oCH ˌɡrasˈkutʃ ˌɡræs A coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be troublesome in lawns and gardens. 匍匐冰草；小糠草，红顶草；茅根 Genera Elymus and Agropyron, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the common couch (A. repens) Example sentencesExamples - This may not be fully achievable due to the highly altered environment and presence of couch grass, but an attempt will be made.
- The main weeds dying back were creeping thistle, couch and mature knotgrass.
- Raspberries creep underground like couch grass, though unfortunately not so rampantly.
- This was the weedmat that defeated my oxalis and couch grass.
- It's constructed in the Han architectural style with yellow walls, black wood and couch grass.
OriginLate 16th century: variant of quitch. |