chairman

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃɛːmən/    美 /ˈtʃɛɹ.mən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.)
  2. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
    — When I got ready to leave, why, Chairman Mao came down to the plane. Chairman Mao gave me some Chinese rugs and told me that I was the only prisoner of war that had ever come through there from North China.
  3. Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance. historical
    — Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire […]
动词 v.
  1. To serve as chairman.

词形变化

chairmen plural chairmans present,singular,third-person chairmaning participle,present chairmanning participle,present chairmaned participle,past chairmaned past chairmanned participle,past chairmanned past

词汇关系

上位词
chair chairperson presiding officer presider
衍生词
barangay chairman chairmanager chairmaness chairmanlike chairmanly chairmanship cochairman subchairman vice chairman vice-chairman
并列词
chairwoman

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
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English chairman
From chair + -man.
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
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English chairman
From chair + -man.
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