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单词 deck chair
释义

deck chair

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noun

a folding chair, usually with arms and a full-length leg rest, commonly used for lounging on the decks of passenger ships.
Also called steamer chair.

Origin of deck chair

First recorded in 1880–85
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for deck chair

  • He can be sat in a deckchair for hours then scrambled immediately.

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  • Upon the balcony he saw a long outline, the outline of a deckchair with a figure stretched out in it.

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  • He walked aft and, placing himself in a deckchair, gazed listlessly at the stolid figure of the helmsman.

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British Dictionary definitions for deck chair

deckchair
/ (ˈdɛkˌtʃɛə) /

noun

a folding chair for use out of doors, consisting of a wooden frame suspending a length of canvas
rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic jocular engaged in futile or ineffectual actions
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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