柯林斯英英词典

couch [kaυtʃ]

1. 1. n a piece of upholstered furniture, usually having a back and armrests, for seating more than one person

2. 2. n a bed, esp one used in the daytime by the patients of a doctor or a psychoanalyst

3. 3. n a frame upon which barley is malted

4. 4. n a priming layer of paint or varnish, esp in a painting

5. 5. n [papermaking] a board on which sheets of handmade paper are dried by pressing

6. 6. n a felt blanket onto which sheets of partly dried paper are transferred for further drying

7. 7. n a roll on a papermaking machine from which the wet web of paper on the wire is transferred to the next section

8. 8. n [古词] the lair of a wild animal

9. 9. vt. [tr] to express in a particular style of language

   couched in an archaic style

10. 10. vt. [when tr, usually reflexive or passive] to lie down or cause to lie down for or as for sleep

11. 11. vi. [intr] [古词] to lie in ambush; lurk

12. 12. vt. [tr] to spread (barley) on a frame for malting

13. 13. vi. [intr] (of decomposing leaves) to lie in a heap or bed

14. 14. vt. [tr] to embroider or depict by couching

15. 15. vt. [tr] to lift (sheets of handmade paper) onto the board on which they will be dried

16. 16. vt. [tr] [surgery] to remove (a cataract) by downward displacement of the lens of the eye

17. 17. vt. [tr] [古词] to lower (a lance) into a horizontal position

18. 18. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French couche a bed, lair, from coucher to lay down, from Latin collocare to arrange, from locare to place; see locate