Palavra Inglês do Dia
chair
cadeira
Definições
| inglês > português |
| chair |
| 1. Substantivo. cadeira |
| 2. Substantivo. o líder de uma reunião, encontro, etc |
| 3. Verbo. agir como o líder de uma reunião, encontro, etc |
| inglês > inglês |
| chair |
| 1. n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench. |
| All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair. |
| 2. n. clipping of chairperson |
| Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions. |
| 3. n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. |
| My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops. |
| 4. n. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices. |
| 5. n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair. |
| 6. n. (slang) (ellipsis of electric chair) |
| He killed a cop: he's going to get the chair. |
| The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him. |
| 7. n. A distinguished professorship at a university. |
| 8. n. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. |
| 9. v. To act as chairperson at; to preside over. |
| Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting. |
| 10. v. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory. |
| 11. v. (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod. |
| The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod. |
| português > inglês |
| cadeira |
| 1. n-f. chair (item of furniture) |
| 2. n-f. subject (at the university) |
| 3. n-f. (anatomy) hip |
Pronúncia
Exemplos
| There is a cat on the chair. Há um gato sobre a cadeira. The dog is on the chair. O cachorro está em cima da cadeira. I'm sitting on a very small chair. Estou sentado numa cadeira muito pequena. This wooden chair costs sixty pounds. Esta cadeira de madeira custa sessenta libras. Are you using this chair? Você está usando esta cadeira? |
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