couch

今日の単語は、記録によると既に過去三回もこのブログで取り上げています（4/11/2011、6/3/2013、12/15/2015）。Theodore Boone the Abductionを読んでいるとまた出てきたのですが、残念ながらこの意味は直ぐに思い出せなかったので、今度は４度目ですが、最後にしたいのでしつこく取り上げます。
Everyone read the letter. Though couched in medical terms, the bottom line was that May had emotional problems, and to deal with them she had gotten herself mixed up with various and unnamed prescription drugs.
"couched in" の意味を辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (usually be couched in) Express (something) in language of a specified style: many false claims are couched in scientific jargon
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to express something in a particular way: [often passive] I don't understand this form - it's all couched in legal terminology.
・Vocabulary.com: The word couch comes from the French word coucher, meaning to lie down. Some types of couches are indeed meant for lying down. A psychiatrist's couch, for example, was designed to make patients feel comfortable when discussing their problems. In language, to couch is to phrase your words in a certain manner. If you don't want to hurt your friend's feelings, you should couch your words carefully when you tell her that her everyone is leaving her party early.