perched
past simple and past participle ofperch
单词 | perched |
释义 | perched past simple and past participle ofperch perch verb uk/pɜːtʃ/us/pɝːtʃ/perch in, on, etc.something tositon or near theedgeof something: We perched onbarstoolsand had abeer. Ablackbirdwas perching on thegate. [IorT] to be in a highpositionor in apositionnear theedgeof something, or to put something in thisposition: Thevillageis perched ontopof a highhill. Animal (non-human) behaviour
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sitting and standing Placing and positioning an object Examplesofperchedperched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I see myselfperchedon her pink bedspread, earnestly listening to a story about two birds. From theCambridge English Corpus After each bout theyperchedon a branch and remained silent, vocalizing, or chasing intruders. From theCambridge English Corpus These shallow wells are apparently made possible by the presence ofperchedwater tables that rest on impermeable geologic strata. From theCambridge English Corpus Now the man isperchedprecariously on the top of his chimney - the only bit of his house above the raging torrent. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the children sat firmly down on the tiny chair, whereas othersperchedgingerly on top. From theCambridge English Corpus That has left the antinomiansperchedlargely on the fringe, effectively isolated by those who won the debates. From theCambridge English Corpus The bay was essentially open water, save for several grounded icebergs (where birds were oftenperched). From theCambridge English Corpus In the underlying tension between religion and science, philosophy wasperchedambiguously on both sides of the divide. From theCambridge English Corpus For each bird the habitat in which it was first encountered (eitherperchedor flying) was recorded. From theCambridge English Corpus At the far end, where the windows must have been, there were bass enclosures like fortresses on which midranges, trebles and supertreblesperchedlike turrets. From theCambridge English Corpus To hang, head down in order to reach food not obtainable by any otherperchedposition. From theCambridge English Corpus All birds seen or heard,perchedor flying under the canopy were recorded. From theCambridge English Corpus Individuals of these species arrived on an infested tree andperchedon the upper branches. From theCambridge English Corpus Aperchedlake developed in the resultant topography coeval with the progressive marine transgression of lower areas. From theCambridge English Corpus Florida's building, for example, isperchedin a peninsula formed by two branches in the lower right of the tree. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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