n.[C]

1. （劇場等的）引座員，接待員
   The usher came down the aisle towards them.

   引座員沿著通道向他們走去。

2. （法庭的）庭吏；（大學等的）門房，傳達員
3. 【美】（婚禮上的）男迎賓員
4. （走在重要人物前面的）領賓員

vt.

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

   他的祕書把我引進他的辦公室。

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

   維也納人舉行史特勞斯音樂會迎接新年。

3. 預報……的來到；開闢，創始[（+in）]
   The French Revolution ushered in a new age.

   法國大革命開創了一個新時代。

vi.

1. 當引座員
   He ushered at the banquet.

   他在宴會上當引座員。

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.