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chair/tʃɛə/ n. & v.●n. 1 a separate seat for one person, of various forms, usu. having a back and four legs 椅子 2a a professorship 教授职位 offered the chair in physics 被聘为物理学教授 b a seat of authority, esp. on a board of directors 显要职位(尤指董事长职位) c Brit. a mayoralty [英]市长职位 3a a chairperson (会议)主持人，主席 b the seat or office of a chairperson 主席席位(或职位) will you take the chair? 请你在主席台就座; I'm in the chair 开会时我当主席 4 US [美] = ELECTRIC CHAIR 5 esp. Brit. an iron or steel socket holding a railway rail in place [尤英] (铁路)轨座 6 hist. [史义] = sedan chair (see 见 SEDAN 1) ●v. tr. 1 act as chairperson of or preside over (a meeting) 担任(会议)主席 2 Brit. carry (a person) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position, in triumph [英] (用椅子)把(获胜者)高高举起 3 install in a chair, esp. as a position of authority 使就任要职 □ take a chair sit down 坐下 [Middle English via Anglo-French chaere, Old French chaiere from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra ‘seat’] |