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词汇 chair
释义 chair
noun[ C ]
uk /tʃeər/ us /tʃer/

chairnoun[C] (FURNITURE)


A1
a seat for one person that has a back, usually four legs, and sometimes two arms椅子
See also
armchairnoun
deckchair
pushchairUK
wheelchair
 
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 the chair
informal forthe electric chair(用以处决罪犯的)电椅(the electric chair的非正式说法)
Examples

Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall.不要那样向后仰椅子,你会翻倒的。
The coat was thrown over the back of the chair.大衣丢在椅背上。
She slumped into the chair, exhausted.她颓然跌坐在椅子上,筋疲力尽。
The new chairs were covered in protective plastic wrappings.那些新椅子用防护性塑料包装材料裹着。
We need a chair for Ian - could you get one from the other room?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chairs & seats
-seater
armchair
armrest
banquette
bar stool
beach chair
booster seat
gallery
high chair
living room suite
lounger
love seat
perch
seating
settee
shooting stick
shotgun
stall
stool
window seat

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Death penalties

chairnoun[C] (TITLE)


the official position of a person in charge of a meeting, official group or organization, or the person themselves:
Who will take the chair at the next meeting?谁将主持下一次会议?
All questions should be addressed to the chair.所有问题都应当向主席提出。
She is the chair of the board of governors at a local school.她是当地一家学校的校董会主席。
the position of the person in charge of a college or university department, or the person themselves:
He was appointed to the Chair of Physics at Cambridge in the early 20th century.他在二十世纪初被任命为剑桥大学物理系主任。
music specialized
the position of a player in an orchestra (= a group of musicians who play many different instruments together), or the player themselves:
We fund a violin chair at the city's youth orchestra.
He was first chair trombone with the orchestra and jazz band at his high school.
Compare
desk
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
govern
guiding principle
harness
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
police
slow
tame
wrangle
wrangler

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University & college education
Organizations - position & status
chair
verb[ T ]
uk /tʃeər/ us /tʃer/
to be the person in charge of a meeting, etc.: 主持(会议等)
Would you like to chair tomorrow's meeting?你愿意主持明天的会议吗?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
govern
guiding principle
harness
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
police
slow
tame
wrangle
wrangler

chair | American Dictionary


chair
noun[ C ]
us/tʃeər/

chairnoun[C] (FURNITURE)


a movable seat that has a part for your back to rest against, usually four legs, and sometimes two side parts for your arms

chairnoun[C] (PERSON IN CHARGE)


a chairperson
chair
verb[ T ]
us/tʃer, tʃær/

chairverb[T] (BE IN CHARGE)


to be the person in charge of a meeting:
Would you chair tomorrow’s meeting?

chair | Business English


chair
noun
uk /tʃeər/us
[ C ] MEETINGS
a person who is in charge of a meeting:
act as chairJohn Taylor, who was acting as chair of the meeting, brought it to a close at 4 p.m.
All questions should be addressed to the chair.
See also
chairman
chairperson
chairwoman
[ S ] MEETINGS
the position of being in charge of a meeting:
take the chairI suggest that Barbara take the chair for this meeting.
[ C ]
a person who is in charge of a committee or organization:
appoint/elect sb (as) chairShe was elected chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
[ C ] WORKPLACE, MANAGEMENT
a person who is in charge of a company:
serve/act as chairFor the past three years he has served as the company's chair, president, and CEO.
appoint/select sb as chairThe board of directors recently appointed Ms McCann as the new chair.
See also
chairman of the board
chair
verb[ I or T ]
uk /tʃeər/us
MEETINGS
to be in charge of a meeting or a committee:
Stephen will be chairing the meeting in my absence.
A San Francisco assemblyman will chair the legislative hearing in Sacramento on Wednesday.

Examples of chair


chair
Then the chair leg is no longer visible.
Even before the episode of the empty chair, most major questions had been decided by consensus.
The chart consisted of five stimuli repeated eight times, which were line drawings of a tree, a chair, a bird, a pear, and a car.
It is based on contributions from the presenters, edited by workshop and session chairs.
Metasemantically, "law" behaves much like simple artifact terms such as "chair" and "hammer," which are not linguistically deferential.
The subject sat in a chair in front of the robot and monitor, and grasped a handle with his/her right hand.
Breathing heavily, she sat back in the chair and closed her eyes.
The scene started as the joker's bell rang, with the four performers standing on chairs turned facing the audience.
We do not send people to the electric chair for having bad characters.
The majority of ethics committee chairs were male (70.5%) with an average age of 48 years.
Now snip off a comparably sized piece from a diffraction image hologram containing the same chair information.
The majority of early studies were based on questionnaires to key individuals such as chairs and chief executives.
When shown a chair apparently moving itself (pulled by transparent plastic wire) babies showed surprise and sometimes fear.
He approached the chair, said he was forced to work, and threatened to complain to the regional headquarters, because no one listened to him.
Inquiries about chairs and commentators are invited as well.
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Collocations withchair


chair

These are words often used in combination with chair.

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chair umpire
The following list shows only those who hold or have held a gold badge as a chair umpire.
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Wikipedia

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empty chair
Even before the episode of the emptychair, most major questions had been decided by consensus.
folding chair
It is also used to represent a foldingchair.
From
Wikipedia

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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