chair
n.
1. sedan chair,litter carriedon poles by two men轿子，担架。
△Oth.5.1.82:“O for achair / To bear him easilyhence!”啊，找个担架来，把他轻轻抬走！
chair
2. seat of authority,throne职位，王位。
△3H.Ⅵ.2.1.89: “His name that valiant duke hath left with thee;/His dukedom and his chair with me is left.”英勇的公爵把他的名字留给你了；但他的公爵领地和王位却留给了我。
3. throne御座，王位。
△2H.Ⅳ.4.5.93 (94): “Dostthou so hunger for mine empty chair /That thou wiltneeds invest thee with my honours/ Before thy hourbe ripe?”难道你那样渴望占据我这空缺的宝座，竟在你的时机尚未成熟之前就要把我的尊荣都加在你自己身上吗？
△3H.Ⅵ.1.4. 97: “Ay,this is he that took King Henry’s chair,/And this is he was his adopted heir.”是呀，就是他夺走了亨利王的宝座，他就是过继给亨利王的后嗣。
△3H.Ⅵ.2.6.20:“And thou this day hadst kept thy chair in peace.”你直到今天还能平安地保住你的王位。
△3H.Ⅵ.5.5.19:“Resign thy chair and,where I stand,kneel thou，”让出你那个宝座，到我站的这个地方跪下来。
△R.Ⅲ.4.4.470(469):“Is the chair empty?”难道王位上没有人吗？
△R.Ⅲ.5.3.251 (250):“A base foul stone,made pre-cious by the foil/Of England’s chair,where he isfalsely set；”一块低劣无价值的石头，靠着他非法坐上的英国王位的衬托，才显得珍贵。
4. coronation chair,coronation throne加冕座椅，加冕宝座。
△2H.Ⅵ.1.2.36:“Methought I sate in seat ofmajesty/In the cathedral church of Westminster,/And in that chair where kings and queens arecrowned.”我在梦中觉得我坐在威斯敏斯特大教堂的王位上，也就是在国王和王后加冕的宝座上。
chairs of order: chairs assigned in St.George’s Chap-el,Windsor,to the members of the Order of the Garter骑上的宝座（指温莎圣乔治礼拜堂内特为获得嘉德勋章的贵族所设的座位）。
△Wiv.5.5.67(61):“The several chairsof order look you scour”，要揩拭每个骑士的特别座位。
chair of state: throne王位。
△3H.Ⅵ.1.1.50:“Mylords,look where the sturdy rebel sits,/Even in thechair of state.”诸位大人，请看，那个桀骜不驯的叛徒竟坐在国王的御座上了。
chair[tʃɛə]
n. 大学的教授职位，主席职位，讲座，证人席 v. 就座，使入座，就职，主持
◇ leave the chair 闭会
take a chair 入座，入席
take the chair 主持（会议），担任主席
‖ chair chute 座式降落伞
chair days 晚年，暮年
chair of pedagogy 教育学讲座
chair of state 元首职务
chair professor 讲座教授
chair rail molding 椅栏式油画外框
chair socialism 讲座社会主义
chair system 讲座制
chairman( pl. chairmen)n. 主席，议长，会长，裁判长
chairman of board of directors 董事长
chairman of directors 董事长
chairman of state 国家主席
chairman of the board (of directors)董事会主席，董事长 Chairman of the Board 董事长
chairman of the company公司理事会董事长
chairman of TV programme 电视节目主持人
chairmanship n.chairwoman n. 女主席
incoming chairman继任主席