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.
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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
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Chairperson.
- Please address all questions through the Chair.
Chairname詞源 2
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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/
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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.
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The post or position of chairperson.
- The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicThe seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
- My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
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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.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesorganic-chemistryOne of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
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educationA distinguished professorship at a university.
- In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg […]
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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.
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The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.
- Melinda has the best chair in the salon.
chairverb/t͡ʃɛə/
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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.
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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.
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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:
- chairperson
- electric chair
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。