seat
英[siːt]
美[sit]
- n. 座位；所在地；职位
- vt. 使…坐下；可容纳…的；使就职
词态变化
复数: seats;第三人称单数: seats;过去式: seated;过去分词: seated;现在分词: seating;
助记提示
1. sed- / sid- => seat.
中文词源
seat 座位，座椅，所在地来自 sit 的名词形式。引申诸相关词义。
英文词源
- 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 sæti "seat, position," from Proto-Germanic *sæt- (cognates: Old High German saze, Middle Dutch gesaete "seat," Old High German gisazi, German Gesäß "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 sæt "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.
双语例句
- 1. You can pay to be upgraded to a business class seat.
- 你可以付费升级到商务舱。
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- 2. This is a country where women usually take a back seat.
- 在这个国家通常是男尊女卑。
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- 3. She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door.
- 她溜进了驾驶座，关上了门。
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- 4. He rose from his seat and made for the door.
- 他从椅子上起身向门口走去。
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- 5. Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.
- 弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂，坐下来，很快就睡着了。
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