chair

中文： 椅子、凳子

1. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. · All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.· I sat on my chair to have dinner.
2. The post or position of chairperson. · The meeting began, with Mr Roberts in the chair.
3. The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. · My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
4. A cast-iron component used on railways to support bullhead rails and secure them to the sleepers.
5. One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
6. A distinguished professorship at a university.
7. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
8. The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.

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