seat

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something to be sat upon.
    — Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures.
  2. Something to be sat upon.; A place in which to sit.
    — There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
  3. Something to be sat upon.; The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
    — He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
  4. Something to be sat upon.; A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
    — She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
  5. Something to be sat upon.; A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.; An ejection seat. slang
    — Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!
  6. Something to be sat upon.; The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
    — Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".
  7. Something to be sat upon.; The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
    — The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.
  8. Something to be sat upon.; A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
    — The seat of the valve had become corroded.
  9. A location or site.; A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. figuratively
    — Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
  10. A location or site.; The location of a governing body.
    — Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
  11. A location or site.; An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
  12. A location or site.; A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
    — A man of fortune, who lives in London, may, in plays, operas, routs, assemblies, French cookery, French sauces, and French wines, spend as much yearly, as he could do, were he to live in the most hospitable manner at his seat in the country.
  13. A location or site.; The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
    — Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.
  14. A location or site.; One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract. England,Wales
  15. A location or site.; Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. historical
  16. The starting point of a fire.
  17. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
    — She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.
动词 v.
  1. To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. transitive
    — Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
  2. To provide with a place to sit. transitive
    — This classroom seats two hundred students.
  3. To request or direct one or more persons to sit. transitive
    — Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
  4. To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. transitive
    — Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
  5. To assign the seats of. transitive
    — to seat a church
  6. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. transitive
    — This valve isn't seating properly.
  7. To rest; to lie down. intransitive,obsolete
    — The folds, where sheepe at night doe seat.
  8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
    — to seat a country
  9. To put a seat or bottom in. transitive
    — to seat a chair

词形变化

seats plural seats present,singular,third-person seating participle,present seated participle,past seated past

词汇关系

下位词
airline seat aisle seat baby seat back seat banana seat bead seat bitch seat bomber seat booster seat borough seat box seat bucket seat car seat catbird seat child safety seat country seat county seat cuddle-seat death seat driver's seat driving seat drop seat ejection seat ejector seat Elijah seat Elijah's seat flap seat front seat gunfighter seat hot seat jump seat keyseat leveling seat love seat mercy seat mother-in-law seat mourner's seat nosebleed seat overhang seat parish seat passenger seat priority seat railfan seat ringside seat rising seat rout seat rumble seat saddle seat safe seat toilet seat tree seat whiskey seat whisky seat wiggle seat window seat
衍生词
Arthurs Seat auto safety seat available seat-mile backseat back-seat back-seat driver back-seat game back-seat gamer beseat bums in seats bums on seats car safety seat chair seat child seat deseat disseat fly by the seat of one's pants have a seat have several seats hunt seat infant safety seat infant seat in the driver's seat in the driving seat in the hot seat is this seat taken loveseat multiseat municipal seat on the edge of one's seat rearseat safety seat seat at the table seatback seat back seat belt seat-belt seat belt syndrome seatbox seat cushion seat earth seatearth seater -seater seat filler seat hogging seatholder seatie seating seatless seatlike seat lock seatmate seatment seatmile seat-mile seat of ease seat of government seat-of-the-pants Seat of Wisdom seat only seatpin seat post seat rail seat reservation ticket seat sale seatside seat stay seat time seat tube seatwork seatworm shooting seat shower seat take a back seat take a seat take one's seat take the front seat toddler seat window-seat would you mind putting on your seat belt unseated misseat reseat seatable seat down seated seat out unseat
相关词
seat of honor seat of learning Seat of Wisdom sedentary see sit

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sete, from Old English sǣte, possibly from (or simply cognate with) Old Norse sæti (“seat”), both from Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); compare Old English set (“seat”).
Noun sense 2 (“location or site”) is probably derived from Old English sǣte (“house”), which is related to Old High German sāza (“sedan, seat, domicile”).
Cognates
* Middle Dutch gesaete
* Old High German gisazi (modern German Gesäß)
词源 2
From Middle English sete, from Old English sǣte, possibly from (or simply cognate with) Old Norse sæti (“seat”), both from Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); compare Old English set (“seat”).
Noun sense 2 (“location or site”) is probably derived from Old English sǣte (“house”), which is related to Old High German sāza (“sedan, seat, domicile”).
Cognates
* Middle Dutch gesaete
* Old High German gisazi (modern German Gesäß)
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