seat
英 [si?t]
美[sit]
- n. 座位；所在地；職位
- vt. 使…坐下；可容納…的；使就職
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詞態變化
復數:?seats;第三人稱單數:?seats;過去式:?seated;過去分詞:?seated;現在分詞:?seating;
助記提示
1. sed- / sid- => seat.
中文詞源
seat 座位，座椅，所在地
來自 sit 的名詞形式。引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- seat
- seat: [12] Seat is of course a close relative of sit – they come from the same prehistoric Germanic base, *set-. But unlike sit, it is not a longestablished native word. It is a borrowing, from Old Norse sáeti. It originally meant ‘act of sitting’, and was not used for ‘something to sit on’ until the 13th century.
=> sit - seat (n.1)
- "thing to sit on; act of sitting," c. 1200, from Old Norse s?ti "seat, position," from Proto-Germanic *s?t- (cognates: Old High German saze, Middle Dutch gesaete "seat," Old High German gisazi, German Ges?? "buttocks"), from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sit). Meaning "posterior of the body" (the sitting part) is from c. 1600; sense of "part of a garment which covers the buttocks" is from 1835. Seat belt is from 1915, originally in airplanes.
- seat (n.2)
- "residence, abode, established place," late 13c., extended use of seat (n.1), influenced by Old French siege "seat, established place," and Latin sedes "seat." Meaning "city in which a government sits" is attested from c. 1400. Sense of "right of taking a place in a parliament or other legislative body" is attested from 1774. Old English had s?t "place where one sits in ambush," which also meant "residents, inhabitants," and is the source of the -set in Dorset and Somerset.
- seat (v.)
- 1570s, "to be in a certain position" (implied in seated), from seat (n.2). Of diseases, in the body, from 1610s (hence deep-seated). Meaning "to cause to sit in a seat" is from 1610s, from seat (n.1). Related: Seated; seating.
雙語例句
- 1. You can pay to be upgraded to a business class seat.
- 你可以付費升級到商務艙。
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- 2. This is a country where women usually take a back seat.
- 在這個國家通常是男尊女卑。
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- 3. She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door.
- 她溜進了駕駛座，關上了門。
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- 4. He rose from his seat and made for the door.
- 他從椅子上起身向門口走去。
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- 5. Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.
- 弗朗西絲卡修女走進小教堂，坐下來，很快就睡著了。
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