couchant
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈkaʊtʃənt/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
— 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.
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Represented as crouching with the head raised.
— 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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