couchant

形容词 adj.
/ˈkaʊtʃənt/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. not-comparable
    — The dogs, with eager yelp, / Are struggling to be free; / The hawks in frequent stoop / Token their haste for flight; / And couchant on the saddle-bow, / With tranquil eyes, and talons sheath’d, / The ounce expects his liberty.
  2. Represented as crouching with the head raised. not-comparable
    — His crest was covered with a couchant Hownd, / And all his armour seem'd of antique mould […]

词源

From Middle English couchant, from Middle French couchant.
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