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单词 seatless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
seat /sit/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. something to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair:His seat is over there.
  2. the part of something on which one sits:to repair a broken chair seat.
  3. the buttocks, or the part of the garment covering the buttocks:wet paint on the seat of his pants.
  4. something on which the base of an object rests, or the base itself.
  5. a place in which something occurs:a college as a seat of learning.
  6. Governmenta place in which power is placed or located:Washington is the seat of the U.S. government.
  7. Governmenta right to sit as a member, as in a legislative or financial body:a seat on the stock exchange.

v. [+ object]
  1. to place on a seat:seated himself by the window.
  2. to guide to a seat:The ushers seated her in the front row.
  3. to provide with seats:[not: be + ~-ing]a theater that seats 1200 people.
  4. Governmentto install in a position of authority.
  5. to attach to something as a base:Seat the telescope on the tripod.
Idioms
  1. Idioms by the seat of one's pants, using experience and/or guesswork:had to land the plane by the seat of her pants.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
seat  (sēt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew;
    a place on or in which one sits.
  2. the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits.
  3. the part of the body on which one sits;
    the buttocks.
  4. the part of the garment covering it:the seat of one's pants.
  5. a manner of or posture used in sitting, as on a horse.
  6. something on which the base of an object rests.
  7. the base itself.
  8. a place in which something belongs, occurs, or is established;
    site;
    location.
  9. Governmenta place in which administrative power or the like is centered:the seat of the government.
  10. a part of the body considered as the place in which an emotion or function is centered:The heart is the seat of passion.
  11. the office or authority of a king, bishop, etc.:the episcopal seat.
  12. a space in which a spectator or patron may sit;
    accommodation for sitting, as in a theater or stadium.
  13. right of admittance to such a space, esp. as indicated by a ticket.
  14. Governmenta right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body:to hold a seat in the senate.
  15. a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like.
  16. by the seat of one's pants, using experience, instinct, or guesswork.

v.t. 
  1. to place on a seat or seats;
    cause to sit down.
  2. to usher to a seat or find a seat for:to be seated in the front row.
  3. to have seats for;
    accommodate with seats:a theater that seats 1200 people.
  4. to put a seat on or into (a chair, garment, etc.).
  5. Governmentto install in a position or office of authority, in a legislative body, etc.
  6. to fit (a valve) with a seat.
  7. to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base:Seat the telescope on the tripod.

v.i. 
  1. (of a cap, valve, etc.) to be closed or in proper position:Be sure that the cap of the dipstick seats.
  • Old Norse sæti
  • Middle English sete (noun, nominal) 1150–1200
seater, n. 
seatless, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged throne, stool.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bottom, fundament.

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