couched是什么意思？

couched

• vt. 表达（couch的过去式与过去分词形式）；

例句

• In those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations ( Maya Angelou ) 在那些朴实的谚语中蕴含着几代人集体智慧的结晶 ( 马雅安琪罗 )
• The reply was couched in insolent terms. 回答措词蛮横.
• He couched his request in very polite terms. 他以非常礼貌的言词表达了自己的要求.
• The reply was couched in somewhat unbusinesslike terms. 回信的措词有些不合商业常规.
• It's couched in such very user-unfriendly terminology. 文中使用了令用户敬而远之的术语。
• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum. 这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms... 新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  长沙发;长榻
  A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
• N-COUNT
  (病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
  A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.
• VERB
  (以某种语言风格)表达，措词
  If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
  例句
  The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms... 新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。 This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum. 这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。