詞彙精選：chair的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
椅子 [C]
例句：
He rose deliberately from his chair and came towards them across the soundless carpet.
他慢吞吞地從椅子上欠身站了起來，走過無聲的地毯，向他們這邊過來。
例句：
Clifton Lawrence rose from his chair and began to pace.
克利夫頓·勞倫斯從椅子上站起身來，開始踱步。
主席；教授職位
例句：
The chair hammered and hammered with its gavel, and kept shouting.
主席使勁敲着小木槌，不斷地喊。
例句：
She is the chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.
她擔任軍隊女性權益保護顧問委員會主席。
講座
例句：
The academic chair system originated in the Middle Ages.
學術講座制始於中世紀。
例句：
This paper is a chair about expert system.
本文是有關專家體系的一個講座。
v.
擔任主席，主持；使就任要職 [T]
例句：
We should be most grateful, if you could possibly chair the meeting.
如果您能主持這次會議，我們將非常感謝。
例句：
He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of EU foreign ministers.
他將主持在威尼斯召開的歐盟外長會議。
把…高高擡起，用椅子擡着走；使…入座 [T]
例句：
The winning team chaired their captain off the field.
獲勝的隊扛着隊長走出場地。
例句：
When he won the race his supporters chaired him round the field.
他在比賽中獲勝後，他的支持者擡着他繞場一週。
二、詞義辨析：
chair,armchair,bench,stool
這些名詞均有“椅子”或“凳子”之意。chair通常指帶有靠背的椅子，有時也指有靠背有扶手的椅子。armchair指有扶手的椅子。bench指可供兩人或更多人坐的長凳或石凳，多置於公園或划艇中。stool多指方的或圓的無靠背無扶手一人坐的凳子。
三、相關短語：
camp chair
n. 輕便摺椅
chair lift
空中吊椅
deck chair
n.輕便摺疊躺椅
easy chair
n. 安樂椅
electric chair
電椅,電刑
rocking chair
n.搖椅
swivel chair
n. 轉椅
wing chair
n.翼狀靠背椅
barber chair
打拌子，椅狀劈裂
lounge chair
安樂椅
morris chair
n.莫里斯安樂椅
bath chair
n. （有遮篷的）輪椅
四、參考例句：
I need a chair.
我需要一把椅子。
The chair gives comfortably.
這椅子富有彈性，坐上去很舒服。
He got his chair bottomed.
他讓人給他的椅子裝了底面。
This is the trick chair.
這就是那把用於捉弄人的椅子。
Mavis will chair a meeting.
梅維斯將擔任一次會議的主席。
Mavis will chair the meeting.
梅維斯將擔任該會議的主席。
The rickety chair fell apart.
搖晃的椅子散架了。
This chair should belong to another room.
這把椅子應該放在另一個房間。
She was bound to a chair.
她被捆在一把椅子上。
The chair is made of wood.
這把椅子是木製的。
