核心畫面

You can picture chair as the one seat made for a single person to sit in: a back, a seat, four legs. Hold that single seat in mind — because almost everything else this word does is really about who sits in a particular chair, or what one special chair is for.

可以把 chair 想成「一張給一個人坐的椅子」:有靠背、有座面、通常四條腿。把這張「一人一座」的畫面記住——因為這更多收起可以把 chair 想成「一張給一個人坐的椅子」:有靠背、有座面、通常四條腿。把這張「一人一座」的畫面記住——因為這個字其他的用法,其實都在說「誰坐在某一張特定的椅子上」,或「某一張特別的椅子是用來做什麼的」。

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坐那張椅子的人:主持者

開會時主持的人通常坐在最前面那張「主位」上;英文乾脆就拿「那張椅子」代替「坐在上面的那個人和他的職權」——所以誰掌控這張椅,誰就是 chair。

chairperson · noun · A1

The person who is in charge of a meeting or group, or the job of being in charge of it.

主席

Also in this word

seat · noun · A1

A seat for one person, with a back and usually four legs.

椅子

the electric chair · noun · A1

The electric chair, used in some US states as a way of putting a criminal to death (in 'the chair').

電椅

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Chairname詞源 1

  • 1

    Chairperson.

    • Please address all questions through the Chair.

Chairname詞源 2

  • 1

    slanglifestyleThe ship of characters Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.

    • His skill renders Becker's portrayal of Prince Grimaldi, a lover and future husband, futile in the wake of Chair (Chuck and Blair).
    • We can already tell which idyllic couples obsessive fans will fantasize about like Chair (Chuck and Blaire of "Gossip Girl") and Jim and Pam of "The Office."

chairnoun/t͡ʃɛə/

  • 1

    An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

    • All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
    • I sat on my chair to have dinner.
  • 2

    The post or position of chairperson.

    • The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
  • 3

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

    • My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
  • 4

    rail-transportrailwaystransportA cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.

    • The wooden or steel keys used to secure bull-head rails in their chairs are usually driven in the direction of the traffic, so that the effects of rail-creep may be made use of to wedge the keys more firmly, rather than to encourage them to drop out.
  • 5

    chemistrynatural-sciencesorganic-chemistryOne of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.

  • 6

    educationA distinguished professorship at a university.

    • In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg […]
  • 7

    A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

    • Enter Mortimer, brought in a Chayre, and Iaylors.
    • She always leaves her Chair at the milliner's in the next Street.
  • 8

    The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.

    • Melinda has the best chair in the salon.

chairverb/t͡ʃɛə/

  • 1

    artscraftsglassblowingTo act as chairperson at; to preside over.

    • Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
    • Dama ben Netina, the gentile "Mayor" of first-century Ashkelon, was once chairing a meeting of the City Council.
  • 2

    To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.

    • The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the marketplace.
  • 3

    To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

    • The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。