seat
US: /ˈsit/
UK: /sˈiːt/
UK: /sˈiːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
seat /si:t/
- danh từ
- ghế; vé chỗ ngồi, chỗ ngồi
- the seats are comfortable: những ghế này ngồi rất thoải mái
- to book a seat in a plane: giữ một chỗ đi máy bay
- to take a seat for Hamlet: mua một vé đi xem Hăm-lét
- pray take a seat: mời ngồi
- mặt ghế
- mông đít
- đũng quần
- chỗ nơi
- the live is the seat of disease: gan là chỗ bị đau
- the seat of war: chiến trường
- cơ ngơi, nhà cửa, trang bị
- địa vị, ghế ngồi
- he has a seat in the House: ông ta có chân trong nghị viện
- tư thế ngồi, kiểu ngồi, cách ngồi
- a firm seat: tư thế ngồi vững
- trụ sở, trung tâm (văn hoá, công nghiệp)
- an ancient seat of learning: một trung tâm văn hoá thời cổ
- ghế; vé chỗ ngồi, chỗ ngồi
- ngoại động từ
- để ngồi, đặt ngồi
- pray be seated: mời ngồi
- đủ chỗ ngồi, chứa được
- this room can seat three hundred: phòng này đủ chỗ cho ba trăm người
- đặt ghế vào
- to seat a room for 20: đặt đủ ghế vào trong một căn phòng cho 20 người
- vá (đũng quần, mặt ghế...)
- bầu (ai) vào (nghị viện...)
- để ngồi, đặt ngồi
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
place to sit
1 a place where you can sit, for example a chair: She sat back in her seat. + He put his shopping on the seat behind him. + Please take a seat (= sit down). + a window / corner seat (= one near a window / in a corner) + a child seat (= for a child in a car) + We used the branch of an old tree as a seat. + We all filed back to our seats in silence.
See also -
-seater
2 (in nouns and adjectives) with the number of seats mentioned: (BrE) a ten-seater minibus + an all-seater stadium (= in which nobody is allowed to stand)
part of chair
3 the part of a chair, etc. on which you actually sit: a steel chair with a plastic seat
in plane / train / theatre
4 a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theatre, etc: to book / reserve a seat (= for a concert, etc.) + There are no seats left on that flight.
official position
5 an official position as a member of a parliament, council, committee, etc: a seat on the city council / in Parliament / in Congress + to win / lose a seat (= in an election) + (BrE) to take your seat (= to begin your duties, especially in Parliament) + The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives.
See also -
town / city
6 ~ of sth (formal) a place where people are involved in a particular activity, especially a city that has a university or the offices of a government: Washington is the seat of government of the US. + a university town renowned as a seat of learning
country house
7 (also country seat) (both BrE) a large house in the country, that belongs to a member of the upper class: the family seat in Norfolk
part of body
8 (especially formal) the part of the body on which a person sits
Synonym: BUTTOCKS
part of trousers / pants
9 the part of a pair of trousers/pants that covers a person's seat
Idioms: (fly) by the seat of your pants to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful
be in the driving seat (BrE) (AmE be in the driver's seat) to be the person in control of a situation
more at BACK SEAT, BUM n., EDGE n.
+ verb [VN]
sit down
1 ~ (yourself) (formal) to give sb a place to sit; to sit down in a place: Please wait to be seated (= in a restaurant, etc.). + Please be seated (= sit down). + He seated himself behind the desk. + Please remain seated until the aircraft has come to a halt. + The bus can carry 42 seated passengers.
of building / vehicle
2 to have enough seats for a particular number of people: The aircraft seats 200 passengers. + The auditorium can seat an audience of 5 000.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 place, chair, bench, sofa, settee, settle, stool, throne:
He found a seat and waited to be called.
2 focus, base, centre, heart, hub, site, capital, cradle, headquarters, fountain-head:
In those days, Paris was the main seat of learning in western Europe. Istanbul was established as the seat of the Turkish empire
3 membership, position, incumbency:
His grandfather held a seat in the House of Commons.
4 bottom, buttocks, posterior(s), rump, hindquarters, fundament, derrière, Colloq behind, butt, backside, rear (end), Brit bum, US fanny, tushie, tush, tokus, hinie, Slang tail, Brit arse, US ass:
He needs a swift kick in the seat to get him to move.
5 abode, residence, home, domicile, estate, mansion:
The duchess used to spend the summer at her country seat in Norfolk.
v.
6 hold, accommodate, have room or space or capacity for, contain, sit:
The new auditorium will seat more than four thousand.
7 install or instal, enthrone, ensconce, instate, invest, establish, place, swear in:
Once Lord Carter has been seated, it will be difficult to get rid of him.
Concise English dictionary
seats|seated|seatingsɪːt
noun
+a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
+the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
+furniture that is designed for sitting on
+any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
+a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
+the cloth covering for the buttocks
verb
+show to a seat; assign a seat for
+be able to seat
+place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
+put a seat on a chair
+provide with seats
