chair

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /t͡ʃɛə/|/t͡ʃɛː/    美 /t͡ʃɛɚ/|/t͡ʃeː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. Clipping of chairperson. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,often,with-definite-article
    — Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
  3. The post or position of chairperson. usually,with-definite-article
    — The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
  4. The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
    — My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
  5. A 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.
  6. One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair. physical
  7. Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal
    — The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
  8. A distinguished professorship at a university.
    — In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg […]
  9. 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.
  10. The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
  11. An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.
    — Melinda has the best chair in the salon.
动词 v.
  1. To act as chairperson at; to preside over. transitive
    — Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
  2. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory. transitive
    — 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. UK,Wales,transitive
    — The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

词形变化

chairs plural chur alternative chairs present,singular,third-person chairing participle,present chaired participle,past chaired past chur alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Adirondack chair almost fall off one's chair arm-chair armchair banana chair barber chair barber-chair Barcelona chair bar chair basket chair bath chair beach chair bedchair birth chair birthing chair boatswain's chair booster chair bosun's chair bowl chair butterfly chair camping chair cantilever chair Cape Cod chair chairback chair bed chairborne chairbound chair car chair conformation chaircover chair days chairdrobe chairfast chairfolk chair force chairful chairholder chairhood chairlady chairless chair-lift chair lift chairlift chairlike chairmaker chairmaking chairman chair mat chairness chairobics chair of state chairoplane chair organ chairperson chair plug chair rail chair seat chair seater chairship chairside chair time chair umpire chair up chairward chairwarmer chairwise chairwoman chairwork close chair club chair cochair co-chair confessional chair cricket chair Cromwellian chair cuck chair deck-chair deck chair desk chair dining chair Eames chair ear chair easy chair easy-chair elbow chair elbow-chair electric chair Elijah chair empty chair endowed chair fall off one's chair farthingale chair feeding chair fighting chair fireman's chair knot first chair flag chair folding chair fountain chair French chair Gainsborough chair game chair gaming chair geriatric chair geri chair gestatorial chair give someone the chair Glastonbury chair grandfather chair grandfather's chair guest chair half-chair headchair high chair highchair hot chair hoverchair ice cream chair ice-cream chair invalid chair Judas chair kneeling chair lady's chair Laurentian chair lawn chair lounge chair Martha Washington chair massage chair Mendlesham chair mercy chair Merlin chair monk chair monk's chair Morris chair musical chairs Muskoka chair nearly fall off one's chair night chair nursing chair office chair papasan chair patio chair peacock chair planter's chair pool chair potty chair powerchair pull up a chair pushchair reception chair revolving chair rocking chair rocking-chair rocking chair money rocking-chair money rolling chair Roman chair Roorkee chair rotating chair rout chair Savonarola chair sedan chair semi-easy chair shower chair side chair sledge chair slipper chair smoker's chair socialism of the chair socialist of the chair soda fountain chair spectator chair stairchair steamer chair step chair stepchair sunchair swivel chair swivel-chair take a chair take the chair tiger chair tramp chair tub chair vice-chair vice chair walking chair wheelchair Windsor chair wingback chair wing chair X-chair
相关词
stool couch sofa settee love seat bench

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.?
Proto-Hellenic *kətá
Ancient Greek κατά (katá)
Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.
Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂
Proto-Hellenic *hédrā
Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra)
Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor.
Latin cathedrader.
Old French chaierebor.
Middle English chayere
English chair
From Middle English chayere, chayer, chayre, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Partially displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses. Doublet of cathedra and chaise.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.?
Proto-Hellenic *kətá
Ancient Greek κατά (katá)
Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.
Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂
Proto-Hellenic *hédrā
Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra)
Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor.
Latin cathedrader.
Old French chaierebor.
Middle English chayere
English chair
From Middle English chayere, chayer, chayre, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Partially displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses. Doublet of cathedra and chaise.
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