A high-backed armchair with side pieces projecting from the back.
翼式安乐椅(一种高靠背,两侧有翼状突出物的扶手椅,原为坐者避风所用)
Example sentencesExamples
I should have mentioned I am wearing a smoking jacket and sitting in a leather wing chair as I dictate this.
The formality can be seen in the coffee table, in the pink chair, in the settee by the window, and in the striped wing chair.
A chintz wing chair with salmon in the pattern will play nicely off the wall color, and drapes in a slightly darker salmon will pull the look together.
The next week he was an old man, sitting in his blue wing chair in grandma's living room - frustrated, angry, and somehow… broken.
Just the name conjures up images of leather-bound books, mahogany desks and some old chap mulling over life in the comfort of his wing chair.
Definition of wing chair in US English:
wing chair
nounˈwɪŋ ˌtʃɛ(ə)rˈwiNG ˌCHe(ə)r
A high-backed armchair with side pieces projecting from the back, originally in order to protect the sitter from drafts.
翼式安乐椅(一种高靠背,两侧有翼状突出物的扶手椅,原为坐者避风所用)
Example sentencesExamples
The next week he was an old man, sitting in his blue wing chair in grandma's living room - frustrated, angry, and somehow… broken.
A chintz wing chair with salmon in the pattern will play nicely off the wall color, and drapes in a slightly darker salmon will pull the look together.
The formality can be seen in the coffee table, in the pink chair, in the settee by the window, and in the striped wing chair.
I should have mentioned I am wearing a smoking jacket and sitting in a leather wing chair as I dictate this.
Just the name conjures up images of leather-bound books, mahogany desks and some old chap mulling over life in the comfort of his wing chair.