1. | 座位，坐处（如椅子等）a place where you can sit, for example a chair |
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。 | |
a window/corner seat(= one near a window/in a corner) 挨窗户╱角落里的座位 | |
a child seat(= for a child in a car) （汽车上的）儿童安全座椅 | |
Would you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat ?(= on a plane) 您想要靠窗的座位还是靠过道的座位？ | |
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。 |
2. | 有…座位的；有…座的with the number of seats mentioned |
a ten-seater minibus 十座小公共汽车 | |
an all-seater stadium(= in which nobody is allowed to stand) 全坐席体育场 |
3. | （椅子等的）座部the part of a chair, etc. on which you actually sit |
a steel chair with a plastic seat 塑料座部的钢架椅子 |
4. | 座位a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theatre, etc. |
to book/reserve a seat(= for a concert, etc.) 预订一个座位 | |
There are no seats left on that flight. 那次航班没座位了。 |
5. | （议会、理事会、委员会等的）席位an official position as a member of a parliament, council, committee, etc. |
a seat on the city council/in Parliament/in Congress 市政会╱议会╱国会席位 | |
to win/lose a seat(= in an election) （在选举中）赢得╱失去一个席位 | |
to take your seat(= to begin your duties, especially in Parliament) （尤指在议会）就职 | |
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。 |
6. | ~ of sth （尤指大学或政府机关）所在地；中心a place where people are involved in a particular activity, especially a city that has a university or the offices of a government |
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 |
7. | （上层社会人士的）乡村宅第a large house in the country, that belongs to a member of the upper class |
the family seat in Norfolk 在诺福克的祖宅 |
8. | 臀部the part of the body on which a person sits |
9. | （裤子的）后裆，臀部the part of a pair of trousers/pants that covers a person's seat |
1. | ~ sb/yourself 向…提供座位；（使）就座；坐；落座to give sb a place to sit; to sit down in a place |
Please wait to be seated(= in a restaurant, etc.) . 请等候安排入座。 | |
Please be seated(= sit down) . 请就座。 | |
He seated himself behind the desk. 他在书桌后面坐下。 |
2. | ~ sb 可坐…人；能容纳…人to have enough seats for a particular number of people |
The aircraft seats 200 passengers. 这架飞机能坐 200 名乘客。 |
