Perch

[pɜːtʃ] or [pɝtʃ]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

厄纳校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

(n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

(n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

(n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

(n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.

(n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

(v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.

整理:泰勒

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Roost.[2]. Pole, rod.

v. n. Roost, sit on a perch.

編輯:卢克

解釋/意思:

n. a rod on which birds roost: any high seat or position: a measure=5?yards: a square measure=30?square yards: a pole joining the fore and hind gear of a spring carriage: a frame on which cloth is examined for flaws.—v.i. to sit or roost on a perch: to settle.—v.t. to place as on a perch.—ns. Perch′er a bird that perches on trees; Perch′ing the examination of cloth stretched on a frame for burs knots or holes—also called Burling.—adj. insessorial.—ns. Perch′-plate a plate or block above or below a carriage-reach at the king-bolt; Perch′-pole an acrobat's climbing-pole; Perch′-stay one of the side-rods bracing the perch to the hind-axle.

n. a genus of fresh-water fishes.—adjs. Perch′-backed shaped like a perch's back; Per′ciform percoid; Per′cine perciform; Per′coid like the perch: pertaining to the perch family.

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