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rocking chair
Word forms: plural rocking chairs
countable noun
A rocking chair is a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood so that you can rock yourself backwards and forwards when you are sitting in it.
rocking chair in British English
noun
a chair set on curving supports so that the sitter may rock backwards and forwards
rocking chair in American English
US
a chair mounted on rockers or springs, so as to allow a rocking movement
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British English: rocking chair /ˈrɒkɪŋ tʃɛə/ NOUN
A rocking chair is a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood so that you can rock yourself backwards and forwards when you are sitting in it.
- American English: rocking chair
- Arabic: كُرْسِيٌّ هَزَّاز
- Brazilian Portuguese: cadeira de balanço
- Chinese: 摇椅
- Croatian: stolica za njihanje
- Czech: houpací křeslo
- Danish: gyngestol
- Dutch: schommelstoel
- European Spanish: mecedora
- Finnish: keinutuoli
- French: fauteuil à bascule
- German: Schaukelstuhl
- Greek: κουνιστή καρέκλα
- Italian: sedia a dondolo
- Japanese: ロッキングチェア
- Korean: 흔들의자
- Norwegian: gyngestol
- Polish: fotel bujany
- European Portuguese: cadeira de baloiço
- Romanian: balansoar
- Russian: кресло-качалка
- Latin American Spanish: mecedora
- Swedish: gungstol
- Thai: เก้าอี้โยก
- Turkish: sallanan sandalye
- Ukrainian: крісло-гойдалка
- Vietnamese: ghế bập bênh
Chinese translation of 'rocking chair'
rocking chair
(ˈrɔkɪŋ-)
n (c)
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摇(搖)椅
(yáoyǐ)