Perch

(noun.) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes.

(noun.) spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes.

(noun.) support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird).

(noun.) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe.

(noun.) an elevated place serving as a seat.

(noun.) a square rod of land.

(noun.) a linear measure of 16.5 feet.

(verb.) sit, as on a branch; 'The birds perched high in the tree'.

(verb.) cause to perch or sit; 'She perched her hat on her head'.

厄纳校对

• Fighting fish are a small fish and belong to the climbing perch family. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Descending from her perch she again sauntered off towards Rainbarrow, though this time she did not go the whole way. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• My uncle descended from his perch in a twinkling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• God bless your soul, a fine carriage, on a perch, with scarlet blinds! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Trust me for having him off his perch in half a second. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• You see, being rather high and up two steps they call it a Perch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We had lain in hay and talked and shot sparrows with an air-rifle when they perched in the triangle cut high up in the wall of the barn. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The forewarning of my instinct was but fulfilled, when I discovered her, all cold and vigilant, perched like a white bird on the outside of the bed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Fledgeby turned into the counting-house, perched himself on a business stool, and cocked his hat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• At all events his face was tied up in a black silk handkerchief, which, with his hat perched on the top of it, was far from improving his appearance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Perched on its eternal hills, white and domed and solid, massed together and hooped with high gray walls, the venerable city gleamed in the sun. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Breathlessly the tribe watched from their lofty perches as Kerchak, still roaring, charged the relatively puny figure. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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