English Dictionary

perch

IPA（発音記号）

/pɜːtʃ/

名詞

比喩的用法 古風

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird. / A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

日本語の意味

鳥がとまるための枝、棒、または垂れ木など / スプリングキャリッジにおいて前輪と後輪を連結する役割を持つ支柱（ポール）

A tired swallow settled on a high perch overlooking the river.

疲れたツバメが川を見下ろす高い止まり木にとまった。

意味（1）

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

We know him now: […] / Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground / For pleasure; […]

意味（2）

A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.

Last year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.

You may thanke me, (Lady) / I haue taken you off your mellancholly pearch, / Boare you vpon my fiſt, and ſhew'd you game, / And let you flie at it: I pray the kiſſe me, […]

意味（5）

(dated) A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.

意味（6）

A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.

意味（7）

(textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.

意味（8）

A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.

意味（9）

(theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.

perches （ plural ）

perch （ plural ）