n.

1. （通常指单人用的）椅子[C]
   Mary sat in a chair reading a novel.

   玛丽坐在椅中读小说。

2. （会议的）主席（= chairman/chairwoman/chairperson）；主席席位（或职位）[C]
   The chair called the meeting to order.

   主席宣布会议开始。

3. 大学教授的职位[C][（+of）]
4. 【美】【口】（处决死刑犯用的）电椅[the S]
   The murderer got the chair.

   凶手遭电椅处决。

5. 【旧】轿子[C]

vt.

1. 任（会议的）主席
   Megan will chair the meeting.

   梅根将担任该会议的主席。

   I'd like you to chair the meeting.

   我想请你主持会议。

2. 使入座
3. 使就任要职
4. 【英】将（比赛、选举等中的获胜者）高高抬着走

n.

1. a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
2. the person in charge of a meeting or an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman).
   ▸the role of a chairperson.
3. a professorship.
4. (the chair) US short for electric chair.
5. chiefly Brit. a metal socket holding a rail in place on a railway sleeper.

v.

1. act as chairperson of.
2. Brit. carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory.