chair
noun /tʃeə(r)/
/tʃer/
- enlarge image[countable] a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs
椅子 - a table and chairs
一套桌椅 - on a chair Sit on your chair!
坐在你的椅子上！ - in a chair an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchair)
在扶手椅里睡着了的老人 - She was sitting in her favourite chair.
她坐在她最喜欢的椅子上。 - He sighed and leaned back in his chair.
他叹了口气，靠在椅子上。 - ‘Sit down,’ she said, pointing to the empty chair next to her.
“坐下，”她指着旁边的空椅子说。 - a comfortable chair
舒适的椅子 - a wooden/leather/plastic chair
木制/皮革/塑料椅子 - a folding/reclining/swivel chair
折叠椅/躺椅/转椅 - an office/a desk chair
办公椅/办公椅
Topics Houses and homesa1- ‘Please, be my guest.’ He gestured towards an empty chair.
“请坐。”他指向一张空椅子。 - A cat was asleep on the chair.
一只猫在椅子上睡着了。 - His tall figure was slumped into his chair.
他高大的身躯瘫坐在椅子上。 - Rising slowly from his chair he went to a bookcase.
他慢慢从椅子上站起来，走向书架。 - A chair stood facing the window.
一把椅子对着窗口。 - Come in and take a chair (= sit down).
进来，请坐。 - He gave her his chair.
他给她让座。 - He got up from his chair to address the meeting.
他从椅子上站起来向与会者讲话。 - He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep.
他躺在躺椅上睡着了。 - He gestured to an empty chair.
他指向一把空椅子。 - He pulled out a chair for her.
他为她拉出一把椅子。 - He pushed back his chair and got to his feet.
他推开椅子，站了起来。 - He put his feet up on the desk and lay back in his chair.
他把脚架在桌子上，身体后仰在椅子上。 - He sank into his chair and opened the letter.
他一屁股坐到椅子上，打开了信。 - He sat nervously on the edge of his chair.
他不安地坐在椅子边上。 - He was shifting about uneasily in his chair.
他在椅子上不安地动来动去。 - Lisa heard a chair scraping the floor.
莉萨听到椅子刮擦地板的声音。 - a set of antique dining chairs
一套古董餐桌椅 - a dining table and four matching chairs
一张餐桌和四把配套的椅子 - They straightened in their chairs when the manager burst in.
经理突然进来时，他们赶紧坐直。 - The chair creaked every time I moved.
我一动，这椅子就吱呀呀地响。 - She tipped her chair back and fixed her gaze full upon him.
她把椅子后倾，目不转睛地盯着他。 - She swivelled round in her chair and picked up the phone.
她坐在椅子上转过来接电话。 - She leaned back in her chair and lit a cigarette.
她仰靠在椅子上，点了一根烟。 - She gripped the arm of her chair as she spoke.
她说话时紧抓着椅子的扶手。 - She dropped her bags and flopped down into the nearest chair.
她放下包，一屁股坐到最近的椅子上。 - She returned to the swivel chair (= one on which the seat turns around without moving the base) behind her desk.
她回到桌子后面的转椅上。 - She always swivels around in her chair.
她总是坐在椅子上转来转去。 - dining/kitchen chairs
餐椅/厨房椅
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- comfy
- cushioned
- …
- row
- set
- draw up
- pull up
- pull out
- …
- be placed
- stand
- swivel
- …
- arm
- back
- leg
- …
- into a/the chair
- in a/the chair
- on a/the chair
- …
- the arm of a chair
- the back of a chair
- the edge of a chair
- …
- a table and chairs
- the chair[countable, usually singular] the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person who holds this position
（主持会议或委员会的）主席席位；委员长职位；（会议或委员会的）主席；委员长 - in the chair Who is in the chair today?
今天谁主持？ - All remarks should be addressed to the chair.
所有言论都应说给会议主席听。 - She takes the chair in all our meetings.
她主持我们所有的会议。 - chair of something the chair of the committee
委员会主席 - He was elected chair of the city council.
他当选为市议会主席。 - The chairs of all the subcommittees will meet on Friday.
所有小组委员会的主席将在星期五开会。
Wordfinder- AGM
- the chair
- club
- hobby
- member
- newsletter
- secretary
- society
- subscription
- treasurer
Wordfinder- agenda
- AGM
- apology
- brainstorming
- breakout
- the chair
- committee
- convene
- meeting
- the minutes
Topics Working lifeb2- Anne took the chair in Carol's absence.
因卡罗尔没有出席，安妮主持了会议。 - Paul Ryan was in the chair at today's meeting.
今天的会议由保罗・瑞安主持。 - Please address your questions to the chair.
请向主席提出你的问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acting
- deputy
- honorary
- …
- occupy
- take
- address (something to)
- …
- in the chair
- in the chair Who is in the chair today?
- [countable] the position of being in charge of a department in a university
（大学的）系主任 - He holds the chair of philosophy at .
他是牛津大学哲学系的系主任。 - the department chair
系主任
Topics Educationc1- He held the Chair of Psychology at Yale.
他在耶鲁大学任心理学教授。 - He held the Chair of Botany at Cambridge University for thirty years.
他在剑桥大学任植物学教授达30年之久。 - A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.
一位私人赞助者捐资设立了新的日本文学教授职位。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professorial
- hold
- occupy
- appoint somebody to
- …
- He holds the chair of philosophy at .
- the chair(US English, informal)(also electric chair British and North American English)[singular] (especially in the US) a chair in which criminals are killed by having a powerful electric current passed through their bodies; the method of execution that uses this chair
椅子： （特别是在美国）一把椅子，罪犯通过强电流通过他们的身体而杀死他们；使用此椅子的执行方法
词源Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire ‘bishop's throne, etc.’, chaise ‘chair’), from Latin cathedra ‘seat’, from Greek kathedra. Compare with cathedral.