a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on
长沙发。
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。
(一般作
(用特定风格的语言)表达(某事)
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the assurances were couched in general terms .用笼统的措辞作了保证。
[no obj.]
〈诗/文〉 躺下;躺卧
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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。
〈古〉 平端(矛或枪)(准备攻击)。
[usu. as noun
〈主史〉 用下压及后压晶状体的方式治疗(白内障)。
(in embroidery)fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread
贴线缝绣
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gold and silver threads couched by hand 手工贴线缝绣的金丝和银丝。
a 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。
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undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment 在接受心理分析;在接受精神病治疗on the couch
"Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on;as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French