seat

seat

[si:t]

n.座位, 底座, 席位, 臀部, 所在地
vt.使坐下, 可容纳
vi.坐

例句与用法：

I twisted round in my seat to speak to her.

我坐在位子上转过身来跟她说话。

In the US, Washington is the seat of government and New York City is the chief seat of commerce.

在美国，华盛顿是政府所在地，纽约是主要的商业中心。

None of us had seen an emergency like this and we were all flying by the seat of our pants.

我们谁都没有遇到过这种紧急情况，只好凭感觉驾驶飞机。

He sat down on the nearest available seat.

他在最近的空座位上坐下来。

He lost his seat in the Parliament at the election.

他在选举中失去了议会中的席位。

Oxford and Cambridge are England's most famous seats in learning.

牛津和剑桥是英国最著名的学府。

词形变化：

动词过去式: seated | 动词过去分词: seated | 动词现在分词: seating | 动词第三人称单数: seats |

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n.

1. 座, 座位[C]

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

对不起, 请问这座位有人吗?

2. (椅子的)座部; (人或裤子的)臀部[S]

3. 席位, 职位[C]

His party has one third of the seats in Parliament.

他那个党在议会中占三分之一席位。

4. 所在地, 活动中心[C][(+of)]

Universities are seats of learning.

大学是学术研究的场所。

5. (马等的)骑法, 骑乘姿势[C]

vt.

1. 使就座[H]

He seated himself in a chair.

他在椅子上坐下。

2. 有……座位, 容纳……人[W]

The auditorium seats 3, 000 people.

这个礼堂可坐三千人。

3. 安装(零件等)

短语词组：

keep one's seat

1. 安坐不动

There's no danger -- keep your seats, please.

没有危险, 请坐着别动。

take a seat

1. 坐下

Won't you take a seat?

请坐。

take one's seat

1. 就座

He took his seat.

他坐了下来。