perch #3
反捕鯨活動家がデンマークの人魚姫の像に赤色の塗料を吹きつけました。
Denmark’s Poor ‘Little Mermaid’ Vandalized Again
Danish officials on Tuesday hosed down Copenhagen's famed Little Mermaid after the statue was found doused with red paint.
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The Little Mermaid was created by Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen in tribute to the Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. Sitting on a rock at the entrance of the Copenhagen harbor since 1913, she also been a popular target for vandals, who have blown her off her perch, beheaded her, and painted her.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-s-poor-little-mermaid-vandalized-again-n766171
“perch”を取りあげます。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版、大修館書店）では「（建物などの立つ）高い見晴らしのよい場所、高台；居心地のよい席；高い地位」とあります。
oxford Living Dictionaryでは“A place where someone or something rests or sits, especially one that is high or precarious”という定義もありました。
ここでは人魚の像が座る「台座」が破壊されたこともあることがわかります。(flying bird)
a hunched Mario-like figure perched on top - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
