| 单词 | chair |
| 释义 | chair n. & v. --n 1. a separate seat for one person, of various forms, usu. having a back and four legs. 2. a a professorship (offered the chair in physics). b a seat of authority, esp. on a board of directors. c a mayoralty. 3. a a chairperson. b the seat or office of a chairperson (will you take the chair?; I'm in the chair). 4. US = electric chair. 5. an iron or steel socket holding a railway rail in place. 6. hist. = sedan chair. --vtr. 1. act as chairperson of or preside over (a meeting). 2. Brit. carry (a person) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position, in triumph. 3. install in a chair, esp. as a position of authority. Phrases and idioms chair-bed a chair that unfolds into a bed. chair-borne colloq. (of an administrator) not active. chair-car a railway carriage with chairs instead of long seats; a parlour car. chair-lift a series of chairs on an endless cable for carrying passengers up and down a mountain etc. take a chair sit down. Etymology: ME f. AF chaere, OF chaiere f. L cathedra f. Gk kathedra: see CATHEDRAL |
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