英语词汇“seaters”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

seat /sēt/

noun

Anything used or intended for sitting on

A chair, bench, saddle, etc

The part of a chair on which one sits

A mode of sitting, esp on horseback

A place where one may sit in a theatre, church, etc, or a ticket for this

A right to sit

A parliamentary or local-government constituency

Membership, eg of a committee

That part of the body or of a garment on which one sits

That on or in which something rests

Site, situation

A place where anything is located, settled, or established

A post of authority

A throne

A capital city

Station

A (usu country) abode, a mansion

transitive verb

To place on a seat

To cause to sit down

To place in any situation, site, location, etc

To establish, fix

To assign a seat to

To provide with a seat or seats

To fit accurately

To make (a skirt, trousers, etc) baggy by sitting

intransitive verb

To sit or lie down (obsolete)

To become baggy by sitting

ORIGIN: ON sǣti seat; cf OE sǣt ambush

seatˈed adjective

seatˈer noun

Someone or something that seats

combining form

Denoting a vehicle, sofa, etc, with seats for a specified number, as in two-seater

seatˈing noun

The taking, provision, allocation or arrangement of seats
A supporting surface
Fabric for covering seats

seatˈless adjective

seat belt noun

(also safety belt) an adjustable belt for holding the occupant firmly in his or her aircraft seat, car seat, etc

seat earth noun

A bed of clay underlying a coal seam

seat rent noun (historical)

Payment for a church sitting

seatˈ-stick noun

A walking-stick that can be made to serve as a seat, a shooting-stick

by the seat of one's pants

Instinctively, by intuition (seat-of-the-pantsˈ adjective instinctive)

lord of seat

A Lord of Session

lose one's seat

To fail to be re-elected to Parliament or local council

take a back seat

To adopt a passive or subordinate role

take a seat

To sit down

take one's seat

To take up one's allocated place, esp in Parliament