couching

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/    美 /ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of one who couches.
    — Couching involves transferring the sheet of paper from the mould to the felt.
  2. The act of one who couches.; An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.
    — [C]ataract surgery has been employed for more than 20 centuries. The primary surgical technique for the large majority of this time was a procedure called couching. The first written description of couching is from an Indian surgeon, Susruta, circa 600 BC, involving the insertion of a needle into the eye and displacement of the lens out of the visual axis through either inferior or superior dislocation.
  3. The act of one who couches.; Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of couch. form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

couchings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
couching stitch couching fabric

词源

词源 1
From Middle English couchynge; equivalent to couch + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English couchynge; equivalent to couch + -ing.
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