English-Thai Dictionary

couch

N เก้าอี้ยาว  เก้าอี้นอน  โซฟา  lounge sofa kao-i-yaol

 

couch

VI นอนลง  หมอบลง  non-long

 

couch

VT ทำให้ นอนลง  ทำให้ หมอบลง  tam-hai-non-long

 

couch in

PHRV แสดงออก (ด้วย คำพูด  sa-dang-ook

 

couch potato

SL คน ขี้เกียจ (มัก เอาแต่ นั่ง ดู ทีวี  kon-ke-kaid

 

couch-doctor

SL จิตแพทย์  couch-turkey jid-ta-pad

 

couchant

ADJ ที่ หมอบ อยู่ (ใช้กับ สัตว์  lying down ti-mob-yu

 

couching

N การ หมอบ หรือ นอนลง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUCH

v.i. 1. To lie down, as on a bed or place of repose.
2. To lie down on the knees; to stop and recline on the knees, as a beast.
Fierce tigers couched around.
3. To lie down in secret or in ambush; to lie close and concealed.
The earl of Angus couched in a furrow.
Judah couched as a lion. Genesis 49:9.
4. To lie; to lie in a bed or stratum.
Blessed of the Lord be his land-for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath. Deuteronomy 33:13.
5. To stoop; to bend the body or back; to lower in reverence, or to bend under labor, pain, or a burden.
Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens. Genesis 49:14.
These couchings, and these lowly courtesies.

 

COUCH

v.t. 1. To lay down; to repose on a bed or place of rest.
Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, doth couch his limbs.
2. To lay down; to spread on a bed or floor; as, to couch malt.
3. To lay close, or in a stratum.
The waters couch themselves, as close as may be, to the center of the globe.
4. To hide; to lay close, or in another body.
It is in use at this day, to couch vessels in walls, to gather the wind from the top, and pass it down in spouts into rooms.
5. To include secretly; to hide; or to express in obscure terms, that imply what is to be understood; with under.
All this, and more, lies couched under this allegory.
Hence,
6. To involve; to include; to comprise; to comprehend or express.
This great argument for a future state, which St. Paul hath couched int he words read.
7. To lie close.
8. To fix a spear in the rest, in the posture of attack.
They couched their spears.
9. To depress the condensed crystaline humor or film that overspreads the pupil of the eye. To remove a catarct, by entering a needle through the coats of the eye, and pushing the lens to the bottom of the vitreous humor, and then downwards and outwards, so as to leave it in the under and outside of the eye. The true phrase is, to couch a cataract; but we say, to couch they eye, or the patient.

 

COUCH

n. 1. A bed; a place for rest or sleep.
2. A seat of repose; a place for rest and ease, on which it is common to lie down undressed.
3. A layer of stratum; as a couch of malt.
4. In painting, a lay or impression of color, in oil or water, covering the canvas, wall, or other matter to be painted.
5. Any lay, or impression, used to make a thing firm or consistent, or to screen it from the weather.
6. A covering of gold or silver leaf, laid on any substance to be gilded or silvered.

 

COUCHANT

a.[See Couch. ] Lying down; squatting. In heraldry, lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; applied to a lion or other beast. Levant and couchant, in law, rising up and lying down; applied to beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land to lie down and rise up to feed, or one night at least.

 

COUCHED

pp. Laid down; laid on; hid; included or involved; laid close; fixed in the rest, as a spear; depressed or removed, as a cataract.

 

COUCHEE

n.Bedtime; late visiting at night.

 

COUCHER

n. 1. One who couches cataracts.
2. In old English statutes, a factor; a resident in a country for traffick.
3. A book in which a religious house register their acts.

 

COUCH-FELLOW

n.A bed fellow; a companion in lodging.

 

COUCH-GRASS

n.A species of grass, very injurious to other plants.

 

COUCHING

ppr. Lying down; laying down; lying close; involving; including; expressing; depressing a cataract.

 

COUCHING

n.The act of stooping or bowing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUCH

Couch (kouch ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht ); p. pr. & vb. n.Couching. ] Etym: [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus. ]

 

1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. Shak.

 

2. To arrauge or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. T. Burnet.

 

3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. Bacon.

 

4. (Paper Making )

 

Defn: To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp ) from the wire clotch mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.

 

5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. L'Estrange.

 

6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. A well-couched invective. Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. Blackw. Mag.

 

8. (Med. )

 

Defn: To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. To couch a spear or lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

 

COUCH

COUCH Couch, v. i.

 

1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. Shak.

 

2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. Shak. The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. I. Taylor.

 

3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc. ; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs. ] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. Spenser.

 

COUCH

Couch, n. Etym: [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See Couch, v. t. ]

 

1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. Gentle sleep. .. why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.

 

2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.

 

3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

 

4. (Painting & Gilding )

 

Defn: A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.

 

COUCHANCY

COUCHANCY Couch "an *cy (kouch "an-s ), n.

 

Defn: State of lying down for repose. [R.]

 

COUCHANT

Couch "ant (kouch "ant ), a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v.t.]

 

1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.

 

2. (Her. )

 

Defn: Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. Couchant and levant (Law ), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. Blackstone.

 

COUCHE

Cou `ché " (k `sh "), a. Etym: [F., p. p. of coucher. See Couch, v. t. ](Her. ) (a ) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. (b ) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

 

COUCHED

COUCHED Couched (koucht ), a. (Her. )

 

Defn: Same as Couch.

 

COUCHEE

Cou "chee (k "sh; F. k "sh "), n. Etym: [F. couch a sleeping place from coucher. See Couch, v. t. ]

 

Defn: A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs. ] Dryden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.

 

COUCHER

COUCHER Couch "er (kouch "r ), n.

 

1. One who couches.

 

2. (Paper Manuf.)

 

Defn: One who couches paper.

 

3. Etym: [Cf. L. collectarius.] (O. Eng. Law ) (a ) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. Blount. (b ) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. [Obs. ] Cowell.

 

COUCH GRASS

COUCH GRASS Couch " grass ` (grs `). (Bot. )

 

Defn: See Quitch grass.

 

COUCHING

COUCHING Couch "ing, n.

 

1. (Med. )

 

Defn: The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

 

2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

 

COUCHLESS

COUCHLESS Couch "less (kouch "ls ), a.

 

Defn: Having no couch or bed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

couch

couch |kouCH kutʃ kaʊtʃ | ▶noun a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on. • a reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment. ▶verb |kaʊtʃ | [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. be couched in ) express (something ) in language of a specified style: many false claims are couched in scientific jargon. 2 [ no obj. ] literary lie down: two creatures couched side by side in the deep grass. 3 archaic lower (a spear ) to the position for attack. 4 (usu. as noun couching ) chiefly historical treat (a cataract ) by pushing the lens of the eye downward and backward, out of line with the pupil. 5 (in embroidery ) fix (a thread ) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread: gold and silver threads couched by hand. PHRASES on the couch undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down ’): from Old French couche (noun ), coucher (verb ), from Latin collocare ‘place together ’ (see collocate ).

 

couchant

couch ant |ˈkouCHənt ˈkaʊtʃənt | ▶adjective [ usu. postpositive ] Heraldry (of an animal ) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised: two lions couchant. ORIGIN late Middle English: French, ‘lying, ’ present participle of coucher (see couch ).

 

couchette

cou chette |ko͞oˈSHet kuˈʃɛt | ▶noun a European railroad car with seats convertible into sleeping berths. • a berth in such a car. ORIGIN 1920s: French, literally ‘little bed, ’ diminutive of couche ‘a couch. ’

 

couch grass

couch grass |kouCH, ko͞oCH ˈkutʃ ˌɡræs | ▶noun a coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be troublesome in lawns and gardens. [Genera Elymus and Agropyron, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the common couch (A. repens ).] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: variant of quitch .

 

couch potato

couch po ta to |ˈkouCH ˈkaʊtʃ pəˈˌteɪdoʊ | ▶noun informal a person who spends little or no time exercising and a great deal of time watching television.

 

Oxford Dictionary

couch

couch 1 |kaʊtʃ | ▶noun a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on. • a reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst's subject or doctor's patient lies while undergoing treatment. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 express (something ) in language of a specified style: the assurances were couched in general terms. 2 literary lay down: two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass. 3 archaic lower (a spear ) to the position for attack. 4 (usu. as noun couching ) chiefly historical treat (a cataract ) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil. 5 (in embroidery ) fix (a thread ) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread: gold and silver threads couched by hand. PHRASES on the couch undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment. ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down ’): from Old French couche (noun ), coucher (verb ), from Latin collocare ‘place together ’ (see collocate ).

 

couch

couch 2 |kaʊtʃ, kuːtʃ |(also couch grass ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens. ●Genera Elymus and Agropyron, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the Eurasian common couch (E. repens ). ORIGIN late 16th cent.: variant of quitch .

 

couchant

couchant |ˈkaʊtʃ (ə )nt | ▶adjective [ usu. postpositive ] Heraldry (of an animal ) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised: two lions couchant. ORIGIN late Middle English: French, ‘lying ’, present participle of coucher (see couch 1 ).

 

couchette

couchette |kuːˈʃɛt | ▶noun a railway carriage with seats convertible into sleeping berths. • a berth in a couchette. ORIGIN 1920s: French, literally ‘little bed ’, diminutive of couche ‘a couch ’.

 

couch potato

couch po ¦tato ▶noun informal a person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of television.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

couch

couch noun she seated herself on the couch: sofa, divan, settee, love seat, chesterfield, daybed, davenport, studio couch. ▶verb his reply was couched in deferential terms: express, phrase, word, frame, put, formulate, style, convey, say, state, utter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

couch

couch noun she seated herself on the couch: settee, sofa, divan, chaise longue, chesterfield, love seat, settle, ottoman; Brit. put-you-up; N. Amer. day bed, davenport, studio couch, sectional; French canapé, tête -à-tête; rare squab. ▶verb his reply was couched in deferential terms: express, phrase, word, frame, put, formulate, style, render, set forth, put across, convey, communicate, say, state, utter, voice.

 

Duden Dictionary

Couch

Couch Substantiv, feminin oder Substantiv, maskulin , die oder der |ka͜ut͜ʃ |die Couch; Genitiv: der Couch, Plural: die Couch [e ]s, auch: Couchen, schweizerisch auch: der Couch; Genitiv: des Couchs, Plural: die Couch [e ]s englisch couch < (alt )französisch couche = Lager, zu: coucher = hinlegen, lagern < lateinisch collocare flaches, gepolstertes Möbelstück zum Liegen und Sitzen mit niedriger Rückenlehne und Seitenlehnen

 

Couchgarnitur

Couch gar ni tur Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈka͜ut͜ʃ …|aus Couch und zwei Sesseln bestehende Polstergarnitur

 

Couch-Potato

Couch-Po ta to , Couch po ta to Substantiv, feminin oder Substantiv, maskulin salopp , die oder der Couchpotato |ˈka͜ut͜ʃpəteɪtoʊ ˈka͜ut͜ʃpəteɪtoʊ |der Couch-Potato; Genitiv: des Couch-Potato [s ], Plural: die Couch-Potato [e ]s und die Couch-Potato; Genitiv: der Couch-Potato, Plural: die Couch-Potato [e ]s die Couchpotato; Genitiv: der Couchpotato, Plural: die Couchpotatoes |[…toʊs ]|englisch couch potato, aus: couch (Couch ) und potato = Kartoffel jemand, der sich nicht sportlich betätigt, sondern vorwiegend [fernsehend ] auf der Couch sitzt oder liegt

 

Couchtisch

Couch tisch Substantiv, maskulin , der für eine Couchgarnitur oder Sitzgruppe bestimmter niedriger, oft länglicher Tisch

 

French Dictionary

couchage

couchage n. m. nom masculin 1 Ce qui compose la literie. 2 Action de coucher, lieu où l ’on couche. : Des sacs de couchage.

 

couchant

couchant n. m. nom masculin L ’endroit de l ’horizon où le soleil se couche; l ’ouest.

 

couchant

couchant , ante adj. adjectif Qui se couche. : Le soleil couchant. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le participe présent invariable couchant . Le bruit n ’avait pas troublé le sommeil des enfants, ceux-ci couchant à l ’étage.

 

couche

couche n. f. nom féminin 1 Substance étalée sur une surface. : Une couche de peinture. 2 Linge absorbant. : Changer la couche de bébé. 3 littéraire Lit. LOCUTIONS Fausse couche. Avortement spontané (par opposition à avortement thérapeutique ). : Des fausses couches. Femme en couches, qui relève de couches. Accouchée. Note Technique Dans ces expressions, le nom est toujours au pluriel.

 

couche-culotte

couche-culotte n. f. (pl. couches-culottes ) nom féminin Culotte de bébé en tissu imperméable et munie d ’une couche.

 

coucher

coucher n. m. nom masculin 1 Action de se coucher, de mettre au lit. : Le coucher des enfants. 2 Action de disparaître, en parlant du soleil, de la lune. : Un magnifique coucher de soleil.

 

coucher

coucher v. tr. , intr. , pronom. verbe transitif 1 Étendre de son long. : Martine a couché sa petite sœur. SYNONYME mettre au lit . 2 Courber. : Le vent a couché les branches. SYNONYME incliner ; pencher . verbe intransitif S ’étendre pour prendre du repos. : Pierre a décidé de coucher dans le solarium pour avoir un peu de fraîcheur. verbe pronominal Se mettre au lit. : Elles se sont couchées tôt. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ils se sont couchés à l ’aube. LOCUTION Coucher à la belle étoile. figuré Passer la nuit au grand air. aimer

 

couche-tard

couche-tard adj. et n. m. et f. (pl. couche-tard ) adjectif et nom masculin invariable et féminin Qui se couche à une heure tardive. ANTONYME couche-tôt .

 

couche-tôt

couche-tôt adj. et n. m. et f. (pl. couche-tôt ) adjectif et nom masculin invariable et féminin Qui se couche de bonne heure. ANTONYME couche-tard .

 

couchette

couchette n. f. nom féminin Lit escamotable (dans un train, un bateau ).

 

coucheur

coucheur , euse n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Mauvais coucheur. Personne au caractère difficile.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

couch

couch /kaʊtʃ / (! -ou-は /aʊ /) 名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 1 長いす , ソファ ; 寝いす (→chair 1 )▸ sleep on a couch ソファで寝る 2 (主に病院での )診察台 (!精神科医が患者をリラックスさせるために使われるものをさすことが多い ) .3 ｟主に詩 文 ｠寝台 , 寝床 , 臥所 （ふしど ）.4 ｟古 ｠(獣の )隠れ場所 [巣 , ねぐら ].5 (麦こうじの )麦芽床 .6 ｟美 ｠下塗り .動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠ «…で » …を言い表す , 表現する «in » ; 〖通例be ～ed 〗【特定の形態の言葉で 】表現される , 言い表される «in » ▸ an article couched in a charming literary style 魅力的な文語体で書かれた論文 2 ｟詩 文 ｠〖通例be ～ed /～ oneself 〗〈人が 〉横たわる ; ｟古 ｠〈動物が 〉身を伏せる , うずくまる .3 ｟詩 文 ｠〈やりなど 〉を構える , 攻撃の構えにする .自動詞 ｟詩 ｠横になる , 横たわる ; ｟古 ｠〈動物が 〉うずくまる , 待ち伏せる .～́ c à se ｟くだけて ｠精神分析医にかかっている患者, 精神に変調をきたしている人 .～́ d ò ctor ｟くだけて ｠精神分析医 .～́ gr à ss /káʊtʃ -, kúːtʃ -/〘植 〙シバムギ .～̀ pot á to ｟くだけて しばしば非難して ｠カウチポテト 〘1日中ソファで寝そべってテレビを見ている人 〙.

 

couchette

cou chette /kuːʃét /〖＜フランス 〗名詞 C ｟主に英 ｠(鉄道 フェリーボートなどの )寝台客室の折り畳み式寝台 .