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sit on a/the couch
She sat on the couch and watched TV.
她坐在沙发上看电视。
沙发
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沙发
An upholstered seat for more than one person; a sofa.
She sat on the couch and watched TV.
她坐在沙发上看电视。
床,休息处
A bed, a resting-place.
狗牙根,一种顽固的草种,通常被视为杂草。
Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
沙发
an upholstered seat for more than one person
水獭的巢穴
The den of an otter.
After a long day at work, I like to relax on the couch and watch TV.
工作了一整天后，我喜欢躺在沙发上看电视。
The cat is sleeping on the couch in the living room.
猫正在客厅的沙发上睡觉。
We bought a new leather couch for the family room.
我们为家庭活动室买了一款新的真皮沙发。
She sat on the couch and watched TV.
她坐在沙发上看电视。
He likes to lie on the couch after work.
他下班后喜欢躺在沙发上。
They bought a comfortable couch for the living room.
他们为客厅买了一张舒适的沙发。
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皮沙发
They bought a new leather couch.
他们买了一张新皮沙发。
沙发垫
The cat scratched the couch cushion.
猫抓破了沙发垫。
电视迷
He's a couch potato who watches TV all day.
他是个整天看电视的电视迷。
精神科诊疗床
The patient lay on the psychiatrist's couch.
病人躺在精神科诊疗床上。
沙发套
We need a new couch cover to protect it.
我们需要一个新的沙发套来保护它。
借宿沙发
She spent a year couch surfing across Europe.
她在欧洲花了一年时间借宿沙发。
电视迷；懒人
He spends every weekend on the sofa, a total couch potato.
他每个周末都窝在沙发上，完全是个电视迷。
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couch谐音'靠吃'，想象靠在沙发上吃零食。
通常指供多人坐的软垫沙发，中性语域，常见于客厅、家具店等日常环境。
Words like 'pouch', 'vouch', 'grouch', and 'crouch' rhyme with 'couch' (all end in /aʊtʃ/). 'Touch' is a useful lookalike but is pronounced /tʌtʃ/ (different vowel).
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