English Dictionary

seat

IPA（発音記号）

/siːt/

名詞

比喩的用法

A place in which to sit. / The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

日本語の意味

座席（シート）：座るための席や場所。 / 椅子などの家具の、座るために設計された水平の部分（座面）。

Please save me a seat by the window so I can watch the parade.

パレードが見られるように、窓際の席を取っておいてください。

意味（1）

A place in which to sit.

There are two hundred seats in this classroom.

意味（2）

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.

意味（3）

A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.

She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.

意味（4）

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

Instead of saying sit down, she said place your seat on this chair.

意味（5）

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.

意味（6）

(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

The seat of the valve had become corroded.

意味（7）

(figuratively) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.

Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.

意味（8）

The location of a governing body.

Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.

意味（9）

(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

意味（10）

A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.

A man of fortune, who lives in London, may, in plays, operas, routs, assemblies, French cookery, French sauces, and French wines, spend as much yearly, as he could do, were he to live in the most hospitable manner at his seat in the country.

意味（11）

The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.

Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.

意味（12）

(law, England & Wales) One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.

意味（13）

The starting point of a fire.

意味（14）

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.

seats （ plural ）