driver's seatn.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌɪvəz siːt/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪvərz ˌsit/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: driver n., seat n.

Etymology: < the genitive of driver n. + seat n.

1. The seat in a vehicle in which the driver sits. Cf. driving seat n. 1.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position

driver's seata1726

side seat1742

driving seat1788

back seata1832

aisle seat1838

car seat1850

reclining seat1857

window seat1862

passenger seat1867

seat-board1873

garden seat1884

bucket-seat1908

shotgun1940

Sleeperette1950

sleeper seat1960

a1726 M. Ashley-Cooper tr. Xenophon Cyropædia (1728) II. vi. 150 He mounted the Chariot by the Door of the Driver's Seat.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 8/1 On either side of the driver's seat..are two wheels, fitted vertically, so that..he is able to control not only the horizontal but the vertical movements of the craft.

2018 S. Markley Ohio 443 She walked around and got in the driver's seat, tried the key.

2. figurative. A position of authority or control. Chiefly in in the driver's seat: in charge; in control of a situation. Cf. driving seat n. 2.In early quots. as part of an extended metaphor.

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society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase]

to be in the saddle1581

in the driver's seat1860

in the driving seat1947

1860 Hutchings' Calif. Mag. Dec. 256/2 The conservative element..may always occupy the driver's seat of the Government coach, and, holding the reins, guide it safely along the highroad of prosperity.

1892 Edinb. Evening News 9 Apr. Lord Salisbury is now in the driver's seat, and Mr Chamberlain sits behind to keep off those Radicals who seek to upset the coach, or to increase the speed of the horses.

1923 Nation 18 July 49 He has swung blithely into the driver's seat and cheerfully undertaken to run the nation without knowing how.

1948 N.Y. Times 18 Apr. v. 2/1 Leo Durocher, after an involuntary year of exile, is back in the driver's seat.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Apr. xvii. 7/2 The search for the right college should be the student's... ‘They should be in the driver's seat; they should own this process.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drivers seat
释义	driver's seatn. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪvəz siːt/, U.S. /ˈdraɪvərz ˌsit/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: driver n., seat n. Etymology: < the genitive of driver n. + seat n. 1. The seat in a vehicle in which the driver sits. Cf. driving seat n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position driver's seata1726 side seat1742 driving seat1788 back seata1832 aisle seat1838 car seat1850 reclining seat1857 window seat1862 passenger seat1867 seat-board1873 garden seat1884 bucket-seat1908 shotgun1940 Sleeperette1950 sleeper seat1960 a1726 M. Ashley-Cooper tr. Xenophon Cyropædia (1728) II. vi. 150 He mounted the Chariot by the Door of the Driver's Seat. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 8/1 On either side of the driver's seat..are two wheels, fitted vertically, so that..he is able to control not only the horizontal but the vertical movements of the craft. 2018 S. Markley Ohio 443 She walked around and got in the driver's seat, tried the key. 2. figurative. A position of authority or control. Chiefly in in the driver's seat: in charge; in control of a situation. Cf. driving seat n. 2.In early quots. as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] to be in the saddle1581 in the driver's seat1860 in the driving seat1947 1860 Hutchings' Calif. Mag. Dec. 256/2 The conservative element..may always occupy the driver's seat of the Government coach, and, holding the reins, guide it safely along the highroad of prosperity. 1892 Edinb. Evening News 9 Apr. Lord Salisbury is now in the driver's seat, and Mr Chamberlain sits behind to keep off those Radicals who seek to upset the coach, or to increase the speed of the horses. 1923 Nation 18 July 49 He has swung blithely into the driver's seat and cheerfully undertaken to run the nation without knowing how. 1948 N.Y. Times 18 Apr. v. 2/1 Leo Durocher, after an involuntary year of exile, is back in the driver's seat. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Apr. xvii. 7/2 The search for the right college should be the student's... ‘They should be in the driver's seat; they should own this process.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1726
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