chair
- IPA[CHer]
美式
- a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.；short for chairlift
- act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event)；carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory
verb: chair, 3rd person present: chairs, gerund or present participle: chairing, past tense: chaired, past participle: chaired
noun: chair, plural noun: chairs
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名詞
- 1. a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs. 同義詞
- ▪ short for chairlift
- ▪ short for electric chair
- 2. the person in charge of a meeting or of an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman) a three-year term as the board’s deputy chair 同義詞
- ▪ an official position of authority, for example on a board of directors the editorial chair 同義詞
- ▪ another term for umpire
- 3. a professorship he held a chair in physics 同義詞
- 4. British a metal socket holding a railroad rail in place.
- 5. a particular seat in an orchestra she was fourth-chair trumpet
動詞
- 1. act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event) the debate was chaired by the Archbishop of York
- 2. British carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory no one seemed anxious to chair him around the hall
- a person who chairs a meeting jointly with another or others.
- act as co-chair of (a meeting): the panel is co-chaired by the prime ministers of Mozambique, Norway, and Pakistan
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- a chair in which convicted criminals are executed by electrocution, especially in parts of the US.
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- a large, comfortable chair, typically an armchair.
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- a chair mounted on rockers or springs, so as to rock back and forth.
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- a kind of wheelchair for invalids, typically with a hood.
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- a high-backed armchair with side pieces projecting from the back, originally in order to ...
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- a wooden dining chair with a semicircular back supported by upright rods.
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- a chair with solid arms continuous with a semicircular back.
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英式
- a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
- act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event): the debate was chaired by the Archbishop of York
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