n.

1. （通常指單人用的）椅子[C]
   Mary sat in a chair reading a novel.

   瑪麗坐在椅中讀小說。

2. （會議的）主席（= chairman, chairwoman或chairperson）；主席席位（或職位）[C]
   The chair called the meeting to order.

   主席宣布會議開始。

3. 大學教授的職位[C][（+of）]
4. 【美】【口】（處決死刑犯用的）電椅[the S]
   The murderer got the chair.

   兇手遭電椅處決。

5. 【舊】轎子[C]

vt.

1. 主持（會議）；任（會議的）主席
   Megan will chair the meeting.

   梅根將擔任該會議的主席。

   I'd like you to chair the meeting.

   我想請你主持會議。

2. 使入座
3. 使就任要職
4. 【英】將（比賽、選舉等中的獲勝者）高高抬著走

n.

1. a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
2. the person in charge of a meeting or an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman).
   ▸the role of a chairperson.
3. a professorship.
4. (the chair) US short for electric chair.
5. chiefly Brit. a metal socket holding a rail in place on a railway sleeper.

v.

1. act as chairperson of.
2. Brit. carry (someone) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position to celebrate a victory.