a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs 椅子 ■(historical)a sedan chair (史)轿子 ■short for chairlift chairlift 的简称
the person in charge of a meeting or of a commercial or political organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman) 会议主持人;会长;主席(用作中性词,替代 chairman 或 chairwoman) the deputy chair of the Supreme Soviet. 最高苏维埃副主席。 ■an official position of authority, for example on a board of directors 职位,席位(如董事会席位) the editorial chair. 编辑职位。
a professorship 教授职位 he held a chair in physics. 他曾是物理学教授。
(the chair)(US). short for electric chair (美)。 electric chair 的简称
(chiefly Brit.)a metal socket holding a rail in place on a railway sleeper (主 英)(铁路)轨座
verb [with obj.]
act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event) 担任(组织、会议或公共活动的)主席,主持,监管
(Brit.)carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory (英)用椅子(或以坐姿)把(某人)高高抬起(以庆祝胜利)
常用词组 take the chair
act as chairperson 担任主席;主持
语源
Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire 'bishop's throne, etc.', chaise 'chair'), from Latin cathedra 'seat', from Greek kathedra. Compare with cathedral