Perch



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 鸟) 栖息; n. 鲈鱼
• ［英］ v. ( 鸟) 栖息 ( to alight, settle, or rest on a roost, a height)
• ［记］ 注意不要和parch ( 烘, 烤) 相混
• ［例］ A large bird perched on the roof.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English perche, from Anglo-French, from Latin pertica pole
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a bar or peg on which something is hung
• 2.
  • a. a roost for a bird
  • b. a resting place or vantage point ; seat
  • c. a prominent position <his new perch as president>
• 3. chiefly British rod 2

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • to alight, settle, or rest on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot
• transitive verb
  • to place on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot

III. noun (plural perch or perches)

• Etymology: Middle English perche, from Anglo-French, from Latin perca, from Greek perkē; akin to Old High German faro colored, Latin porcus, a spiny fish
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a small European freshwater bony fish (Perca fluviatilis of the family Percidae, the perch family)
  • b. yellow perch
• 2. any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae)

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