perch
$ \mathrm{perch}^1 |pərCH|
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noun
(鳥の)とまり木, 長い棒, さお
⦅くだけて⦆ ; 〖通例one's ~〗 (人が座る・建物などが建つ狭くて)高い所[地位]
e.g. Marian looked down from her perch in a beech tree above the road.
verb no object, with adverbial of place
〈鳥が〉 【木などに】とまる
e.g. a herring gull perched on the mast.
(of a person) sit somewhere, especially on something high or narrow: 〈人が〉 【高い所・端に】座る «on, in»
e.g. Eve perched on the side of the armchair.
〈建物などが〉 «…に» 建つ «on, over»
e.g. the fortress is perched on a crag in the mountains.
e.g. Peter perched a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose.
PHRASES
informal cause someone to lose a position of superiority or preeminence:
e.g. will this knock London off its perch as Europe's leading financial center?
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$ \mathrm{perch}^2 |pərCH|
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〘魚〙 パーチ〘食用の淡水魚〙
Genus Perca, family Percidae (the perch family): three species, in particular P. fluviatilis of Europe (also called bass2), and the almost identical yellow perch (P. flavescens) of North America. The perch family also includes the pikeperches, ruffe, and darters.
ORIGIN
$ \mathrm{perch}^3 |pərCH|
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