一、详细释义：


n.

椅子 [C]


例句：

He rose deliberately from his chair and came towards them across the soundless carpet.

他慢吞吞地从椅子上欠身站了起来，走过无声的地毯，向他们这边过来。


例句：

Clifton Lawrence rose from his chair and began to pace.

克利夫顿·劳伦斯从椅子上站起身来，开始踱步。


主席；教授职位


例句：

The chair hammered and hammered with its gavel, and kept shouting.

主席使劲敲着小木槌，不断地喊。


例句：

She is the chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.

她担任军队女性权益保护顾问委员会主席。


讲座


例句：

The academic chair system originated in the Middle Ages.

学术讲座制始于中世纪。


例句：

This paper is a chair about expert system.

本文是有关专家体系的一个讲座。


v.

担任主席，主持；使就任要职 [T]


例句：

We should be most grateful, if you could possibly chair the meeting.

如果您能主持这次会议，我们将非常感谢。


例句：

He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of EU foreign ministers.

他将主持在威尼斯召开的欧盟外长会议。


把…高高抬起，用椅子抬着走；使…入座 [T]


例句：

The winning team chaired their captain off the field.

获胜的队扛着队长走出场地。


例句：

When he won the race his supporters chaired him round the field.

他在比赛中获胜后，他的支持者抬着他绕场一周。


二、词义辨析：


chair,armchair,bench,stool

这些名词均有“椅子”或“凳子”之意。 chair通常指带有靠背的椅子，有时也指有靠背有扶手的椅子。 armchair指有扶手的椅子。 bench指可供两人或更多人坐的长凳或石凳，多置于公园或划艇中。 stool多指方的或圆的无靠背无扶手一人坐的凳子。


三、相关短语：


camp chair

n. 轻便折椅


chair lift

空中吊椅


deck chair

n.轻便折叠躺椅


easy chair

n. 安乐椅


electric chair

电椅,电刑


rocking chair

n.摇椅


swivel chair

n. 转椅


wing chair

n.翼状靠背椅


barber chair

打拌子，椅状劈裂


lounge chair

安乐椅


morris chair

n.莫里斯安乐椅


bath chair

n. （有遮篷的）轮椅


四、参考例句：


I need a chair.

我需要一把椅子。


The chair gives comfortably.

这椅子富有弹性，坐上去很舒服。


He got his chair bottomed.

他让人给他的椅子装了底面。


This is the trick chair.

这就是那把用于捉弄人的椅子。


Mavis will chair a meeting.

梅维斯将担任一次会议的主席。


Mavis will chair the meeting.

梅维斯将担任该会议的主席。


The rickety chair fell apart.

摇晃的椅子散架了。


This chair should belong to another room.

这把椅子应该放在另一个房间。


She was bound to a chair.

她被捆在一把椅子上。


The chair is made of wood.

这把椅子是木制的。