1.[i]~ (on sth)栖息；停留to land and stay on a branch, etc.
A robin was perching on the fence.一只知更鸟落在篱笆上。
2.[i][t](informal)（使）坐，坐在…边沿to sit or to make sb sit on sth, especially on the edge of it
We perched on a couple of high stools at the bar.我们坐在酒吧的几张高脚凳上。
She perched herself on the edge of the bed.她坐在床沿上。
3.[i]~ (on sth)置于（顶上或边上）to be placed on the top or the edge of sth
The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside.旅店立在陡峭的山坡上状似摇摇欲坠。
1.（鸟的）栖息处，栖木a place where a bird rests, especially a branch or bar for this purpose, for example in a bird's cage
2.高座；高处a high seat or position
He watched the game from his precarious perch on top of the wall.他无视安全，高坐在墙头上观看比赛。
3.鲈鱼；河鲈a freshwater fish that is sometimes used for food
From her billboard perch, she was attempting to interest travellers in the business communications products of Telecom Italia.
她正设法引起旅客们对意大利电信（TelecomItalia）商务通信产品的兴趣。
Weather experts in Australia believe the fish, spangled perch, were sucked up in a thunderstorm before being dumped over the tiny town.
澳大利亚的气象专家认为，这些金光闪闪的小鱼，是被暴风雨从河中卷到空中，然后才降落到这个小镇。
When finally he got up to open a can of soup, the rat came with him, awake now and discovering its natural perch on his shoulder.
最后他起来打开一个汤罐时，他才发现自己身上还带着老鼠，它现在醒过来了并安然自得地栖息在他的肩头。
There was one bird in particular that came whenever the monk chanted sutras. It would perch on a branch near by and listen carefully.
有一只鸟很特别，和尚每次念经，它都来。它停在近旁的一只树枝上，专心致至地听着。
"Harry, guess what? " said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.
“哈利，你猜怎么着？”唐克斯坐在洗衣机上，朝哈利晃动着她的左手：一枚戒指在闪闪发光。
For the last 20 years, Ibu Bonah has fished trash out of the river from her perch beneath a busy intersection.
过去20年来，在一座忙碌的立交桥下，Bonah大婶从她栖身的棚子边从河里捞垃圾。
From his perch in Angel Court, in the heart of the City, he watched the rapid expansion all around him.
在天使家园，他的位于伦敦市中心的家中，他见证了周围的金融企业的快速扩张。
Imagine, Kop fans must be thinking, how much Ferguson would gloat about achieving his dream to 'knock Liverpool off their perch.
想象一下，Kop们一定在想，弗格森会因为实现“把利物浦拉下来”的梦想而多么洋洋得意。
In fact, the bird has no choice but to perch on the handle of an axe, which has been used to destroy its original home.
实际上，这只鸟别无选择，只能停在被用来破坏它原来家园的斧柄上。
If the heart has no place to perch on, you will always be a drifter no matter where you are.
心若没有栖息的地方，到哪里都是在流浪。
A child peeks out from her perch on her mother's back in Chinchero.
一个孩子从她的偷窥她的母亲在Chinchero回鲈鱼。
The next morning, Chanticleer got up and flew down from his perch. He walked up to the barnyard in a royal way.
隔天早晨，强啼克利尔起床后，从栖息的地方飞下来，昂首阔步地走到谷仓空地那里。
In a nervous and slender-leaved mimosa grove at the back of their villa we found a perch on the ruins of a low stone wall.
在他们家别墅后面一片神经质的、叶子细长的含羞草丛中，在一道矮石墙的残垣上，我们找到一个可以坐一坐的地方。
He just fluttered down from the perch, poked a seed in Baby's open mouth and went back up for his share and the next seed for Baby.
它只是舞动着翅膀飞离杆子，然后将一粒种子送进小鸟张开的嘴中，然后飞回去继续进食，接着又给小鸟喂食。
Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house.
他没有把鹦鹉关在笼子里，也没有用链条把他拴在栖木上，而让他在家里自由自在地飞来飞去。
We' d perch on the gate or stretch out on the large flat limes tone outcrop that marked the end of the Woods Behind Our House.
我们会倚坐在门上休息，或者摊开四肢躺在露出地面的又大又平的石灰岩上。这些岩石标志着“屋后树林”的尽头。
While Apple has dominated the market until now, selling more tablets than any other company, its perch is being threatened by the newcomers.
尽管到目前为止，苹果出售的平板电脑数量高于其他任何一家公司，在市场中占主导地位，但它的地位也正受到新进入者的威胁。
In the U. S. Senate, Stevens used his perch as an appropriator to direct federal dollars to his home state.
在美国参议院，斯蒂文斯利用自己的地位为自己所在的州争取直接的联邦款项。
One crow, especially, was after a vulture, trying to perch on him.
特别是有一只乌鸦跟在一只秃鹫后面，想要落在他身上。
Good intentions are rewarded with plenty of Nile perch (for now) but a degraded ecosystem in the long run.
于是回报当初人们的美好愿景的是，大量的尼罗河鲈鱼和指日可待的环境退化。
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