English Dictionary

perch

/pɜːtʃ/

noun

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.

I like to fish from the perch.

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.