| 释义 |
seat/si:t/ n. & v.●n. 1 a thing made or used for sitting on; a chair, stool, saddle, etc. 座，座位(指椅子、凳子、马鞍等) 2 the buttocks 臀部 3 the part of the trousers etc. covering the buttocks (裤子等的)臀部 4 the part of a chair etc. on which the sitter's weight directly rests (椅子等的)坐部 5 the part of a thing on which it rests; the base (物体的)基座 6 a place for one person in a theatre, vehicle, etc. (剧院、车辆等中的)座位 7 the occupation of a seat 占座位 8 esp. Brit. [尤英]a the right to occupy a seat, esp. as a Member of the House of Commons (尤指下院议员的)席位 b a member's constituency (议员的)选区 9 the part of a machine that supports or guides another part (机器的)座接 10 a site or location of something specified 场所；位置 a seat of learning 学府; the seat of the emotions 感情之所在 11 a country mansion, esp. with large grounds 别墅；宅邸 12 the manner of sitting on a horse etc. (骑马的)骑姿 ●v. tr. 1 cause to sit 使就坐 2a provide sitting accommodation for 提供座位；(空间)可容…人 the cinema seats 500 电影院可容 500 人 b provide with seats 供以座位 3 (as 作 seated adj.) sitting 坐着的 4 put or fit in position (安装)固定在底座上 □ be seated sit down 坐下 □ by the seat of one's pants colloq. by instinct rather than logic or knowledge [口]凭直觉(而不是靠逻辑或知识) □ take a (or one's) seat sit down 就坐，坐下 □ seatless adj.[Middle English from Old Norse sœti (= Old English gesete from Germanic)] |