| 词汇 | armchair |
| 释义 | armchair noun[ C ] uk /ˈɑːm.tʃeər/ us /ˈɑːrm.tʃer/ A2 a comfortable chair with sides that support your arms: 扶手椅 She sat in an armchair by the fire, reading a newspaper.她坐在火炉旁的扶手椅上看报纸。 yarn/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages After dinner, I ensconced myself in a deep armchair with a book. She imagined herself sitting in her favourite armchair back home. I've spilled some coffee on the seat of the armchair.我不小心把咖啡洒在了扶手椅的椅面上。 She's curled up snugly in the armchair, reading a book. Chairs & seats -seater armrest banquette bar stool beach chair birthing stool booster seat gallery high chair living room suite lounger love seat perch seating settee shooting stick shotgun stall stool window seat armchair adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈɑːm.tʃeər/ us /ˈɑːrm.tʃer/ used to refer to a person who knows, or says they know, a lot about a subject without having direct experience of it: 无实际经验的;不切实际的;空谈的 an armchair critic/gardener/traveller夸夸其谈的评论家／手不沾泥的园艺家／足不出户的神游旅行者 Enthusiasts -aholic -oholic aficionado anorak audiophile Bible-thumping eager beaver enthusiast faddist fan favourite fanatic nerd numismatist otaku people watcher turophile ultra watcher Whovian zealot You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Inexperienced (of people) armchair | American Dictionaryarmchair noun[ C ] us/ˈɑrm·tʃeər/ a comfortable chair with two resting places for the arms Examples of armchairarmchair They drain into armchairs and into indifference and into cynicism, and they are just as much lost to the country in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear of people sleeping in baths, on billiard tables or in armchairs, because there is no other accommodation available for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nuclear submarine is not—as some defence commentators, from the depths of their armchairs, have assured us—just an improved submarine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Housewives will choose goods from their kitchens or from their lounge armchairs, and then pick up the goods from the supermarket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are made miserable by watching on our television screens, from the comfort of our armchairs, the suffering of people confined to asylums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our aim is as far as possible to enable elderly people to claim it from the comfort of their armchairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can sit in armchairs and write and criticise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are 15 swivelling armchairs in the docks of the jury courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are 15 armchairs in the dock but only two places for counsel who represent the people in the dock. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us become vultures of compassion, peering at poverty on the small screen from comfortable armchairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only cite the law as told me by the gentleman concerned with the two armchairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were armchairs on which the legs became loose after a week or two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understood that it was preferable to keep the elderly members of the country fit, well and healthy—rather than having them atrophy in their armchairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Race relations cannot be decreed by doctrinaires from office chairs or armchairs in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I realise that armchairs will be dumped, and occasionally there will be some evidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of armchair These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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