n.[C]

1. （剧场等的）引座员，接待员
   The usher came down the aisle towards them.

   引座员沿着通道向他们走去。

2. （法庭的）庭警；（大学等的）门房，传达员
3. 【美】（婚礼上的）男迎宾员
4. （走在重要人物前面的）领宾员

vt.

1. 引，领；招待；陪同[O][（+in/out）]
   His secretary ushered me into his office.

   他的秘书把我引进他的办公室。

2. 迎接[（+in）]
   The Viennese ushered in the New Year with a concert of music by Strauss.

   维也纳人举行施特劳斯音乐会迎来了新年。

3. 预报……的来到；开辟，创始[（+in）]
   The French Revolution ushered in a new age.

   法国大革命开创了一个新时代。

vi.

1. 当引座员
   He ushered at the banquet.

   他在宴会上当引座员。

n.

1. a person who shows people to their seats in a cinema or theatre or at a wedding.
2. Brit. a person employed to walk before a person of high rank on special occasions.
3. an official in a law court who swears in jurors and witnesses and keeps order.
4. archaic an assistant teacher.

v.

1. show or guide somewhere.
2. (usher something in) cause or mark the start of something new.