seat
noun/siːt/
/siːt/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea place where you can sit, for example a chair座位，坐处（如椅子等） - She sat back in her seat.
她坐在座位上，朝后靠着。 - He put his shopping on the seat behind him.
他把买的东西放在身后的座位上。 - Please take a seat (= sit down).
请坐。 - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats (= sit down).
各位来宾，请就座。 - the front/passenger seat (= in a car)
（汽车）前排／副驾驶座位 - the back/rear seats
后排座位 - a child seat (= for a child in a car)
（汽车上的）儿童安全座椅 - a window/an aisle seat (= on a plane or train)
（飞机或火车的）靠窗／靠过道座位 - a window/corner seat (= one near a window/in a corner)
挨窗户／角落里的座位 - a car/toilet seat
汽车座位；马桶座圈 - We used the branch of an old tree as a seat.
我们坐在一棵老树的树杈上。 - We all filed back to our seats in silence.
我们都默默无语，一个跟一个地回到座位上。
Synonyms sitsitsit down ▪ be seated ▪ take a seat ▪ perchThese words all mean to rest your weight on your bottom with your back straight, for example on a chair.sit to rest your weight on your bottom with your back straight, for example on a chair:see also back seat, booster seat, box seat, bucket seat, car seat, ejector seat, hot seat, love seat, passenger seat, window seat- May I sit here?
我可以坐在这儿吗？ - Sit still, will you!
坐着别动！
- Please sit down.
请坐。 - Come in and sit yourselves down.
都进来坐下。
- She was seated at the head of the table.
她坐在桌子的上座。
- She perched herself on the edge of the bed.
她坐在床沿上。
- to sit/sit down/be seated/take a seat/perch on something
- to sit/sit down/be seated/take a seat in something
Extra Examples- Do you have a spare seat in your car?
你的车里还有空位吗？ - He gave up his seat on the bus to a pregnant woman.
他在公共汽车上把座位让给了一位孕妇。 - He leaped out of his seat when he saw the rat.
看到老鼠，他一下子从座位上跳了起来。 - I got to the concert early to get a good seat.
为了弄个好座位，我早早就来到音乐会。 - I had a terrifying journey on the pillion seat of a Honda 750.
我坐在本田750 摩托车后座上有一次吓人的旅程。 - I slid into the leather bucket seat and fastened my seat belt.
我一下子坐进真皮凹背座椅，系上了安全带。 - I took my usual seat at the front of the classroom.
我在教室前面常坐的地方坐下来。 - Is this seat taken?
这个座位有人吗？ - It is very uncomfortable to sit on these seats.
这些座位坐着非常不舒服。 - The audience resumed their seats for the second half of the play.
观众重新坐下观看下半场比赛。 - The best seats were occupied by the friends and families of the performers.
最好的座位被演员们的朋友和家人占了。 - There were no empty seats left in the hall.
整个会堂座无虚席。 - We had hardly settled into our seats when the first goal was scored.
我们还没坐稳，第一个球就进了。 - We had ringside seats for the boxing match.
拳击比赛我们的座位靠近台边。 - We had the best seats in the house for the concert.
我们占据了音乐厅的最佳座位。 - Would you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
您喜欢靠窗的座位还是靠过道的座位？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- available
- empty
- spare
- …
- find
- get
- grab
- …
- cover
- cushion
- reservation
- …
- in a/the seat
- on a/the seat
- out of a/the seat
- …
- the best seat in the house
- lean back in your seat
- settle back in your seat
- …
- She sat back in her seat.
- (in nouns and adjectives) with the number of seats mentioned
有…座位的；有…座的 - (British English) a ten-seater minibus
十座小公共汽车 - an all-seater stadium (= in which nobody is allowed to stand)
全座席体育场
- (British English) a ten-seater minibus
- the part of a chair, etc. on which you actually sit
（椅子等的）座部 - a steel chair with a plastic seat
塑料座部的钢架椅子
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- available
- empty
- spare
- …
- find
- get
- grab
- …
- cover
- cushion
- reservation
- …
- in a/the seat
- on a/the seat
- out of a/the seat
- …
- the best seat in the house
- lean back in your seat
- settle back in your seat
- …
- a steel chair with a plastic seat
- a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theatre, etc.
座位 - Call the theatre box office to book your seats.
致电剧院售票处预订座位。 - To reserve a seat, visit our website.
要预订座位，请访问我们的网站。 - There are no seats left on that flight.
那次航班没座位了。 - Airlines often give great deals to fill empty seats.
航空公司经常提供超值优惠来填补空座位。 - seat for something We had excellent seats for the show, on the third row.
我们的座位非常好，位于第三排。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and traina2, Transport by aira2- I reserved seats for a performance of ‘King Lear’ at the New Theatre.
我预订了几张新剧院上演的《李尔王》的票。 - an electronic seat-reservation system
电子订座系统 - Seat reservations are free.
预订座位免费。 - Not all theatres can fill their seats so easily.
并非所有剧院都能如此轻松地坐满座位。 - Is it possible to book seats for the play?
能不能预订观看这个剧的座位？ - I managed to get some seats for the ballet.
我设法搞到了几张芭蕾舞演出票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- available
- empty
- spare
- …
- find
- get
- grab
- …
- cover
- cushion
- reservation
- …
- in a/the seat
- on a/the seat
- out of a/the seat
- …
- the best seat in the house
- lean back in your seat
- settle back in your seat
- …
- Call the theatre box office to book your seats.
- an official position as a member of a parliament, council, committee, etc.
（议会、理事会、委员会等的）席位 - a seat on the city council/in Parliament/in Congress
市政会／议会／国会席位 - Republicans currently hold 51 seats in the Senate.
共和党目前在参议院有 51 个席位。 - The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives.
理事会的多数席位将由工商界代表担任。 - The party won 32 seats in the recent elections.
该党在最近的选举中赢得了32个席位。 - Several ministers are in danger of losing their seats.
几位部长面临失去席位的危险。 - (British English) to take your seat (= to begin your duties, especially in Parliament)
（尤指在议会）就职 - One vote could make all the difference in the highly marginal seat of Crawley.
在克劳利这个高度边缘的席位上，一票就可能产生重大影响。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2- He has been selected to fight the seat at the next election.
他被推选在下届选举中竞选那个席位。 - She is expected to retain her seat at the next election.
预计她将在下次选举中保住席位。 - He lost his seat in the last election.
他在上届选举中未能当选。 - She is running for a seat in the New York State Assembly.
她正竞选纽约州议会的一个席位。 - She took her seat in Parliament as Britain's youngest MP.
她上任时是英国议会最年轻的议员。 - The Democrats captured 18 of the 30 open seats.
30 个公开竞选席位中民主党获得了 18 个。 - The Liberals took seven seats from Labour.
自由党从工党手里夺走了 7 个席位。 - The party held the seat with a 10 000 majority.
该党以 10,000 票的多数票保住了席位。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- congressional
- House
- Senate
- …
- gain
- pick up
- secure
- …
- seat in
- seat on
- a seat on the city council/in Parliament/in Congress
- seat of something (formal) a place where people are involved in a particular activity, especially a city that has a university or the offices of a government
（尤指大学或政府机关）所在地；中心 - Washington is the seat of government of the US.
华盛顿是美国政府所在地。 - a university town renowned as a seat of learning
有学术重镇之称的大学城
- Washington is the seat of government of the US.
- (also country seat)(British English) a large house in the country that belongs to a member of the upper class
（上层社会人士的）乡村宅第 - For the first two years of her life she lived at Ickworth, the family seat in Sussex.
在她生命的头两年里，她住在苏塞克斯的家族所在地伊克沃斯。
- For the first two years of her life she lived at Ickworth, the family seat in Sussex.
- (especially formal) the part of the body on which a person sits
臀部 - the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person’s seat
（裤子的）后裆，臀部
place to sit
-seater
part of chair
in plane/train/theatre
official position
town/city
country house
part of body
part of trousers/pants
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
Idioms
be in the catbird seat
- to have an advantage over other people or be in control of a situation
处于有利地位；控制着局势 - Canada is in the catbird seat as an energy powerhouse.
加拿大作为能源强国处于领先地位。
- Canada is in the catbird seat as an energy powerhouse.
be in the driving seat (British English)
(North American English be in the driver’s seat)
- to be the person in control of a situation
担任负责人；处于统领地位
bums on seats
- (British English, informal) used to refer to the number of people who attend a show, talk, etc., especially when emphasizing the need or desire to attract a large number
观众（或听众）的数量大（尤用于强调吸引大量观众的需要或愿望） - They're not bothered about attracting the right audience—they just want bums on seats.
他们不在乎观众是什么样的人，只求卖座。
- They're not bothered about attracting the right audience—they just want bums on seats.
(fly) by the seat of your pants
- (informal) to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful
临时凭感觉碰运气；凭经验瞎碰
on the edge of your seat
- very excited and giving your full attention to something
异常兴奋；极为激动；有浓厚兴趣 - The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats.
这场比赛使观众兴奋不已。 - I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happened next.
我坐在座位边上等着看接下来会发生什么。
- The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats.
take a back seat
- to allow somebody else to play a more active and important role in a particular situation than you do
允许他人领先；甘愿居于人下；退居幕后 - Many managers take a back seat and leave recruitment to specialists.
许多经理退居二线，将招聘工作留给了专家。
- Many managers take a back seat and leave recruitment to specialists.