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
| I want a chair. Quero uma cadeira. Get me a chair, please. Traga-me uma cadeira, por favor. There's just one chair left. Há apenas uma cadeira sobrando. He sits in this chair when he watches television. Ele senta-se nesta cadeira quando assista televisão. What's this chair doing here? O que esta cadeira está fazendo aqui? |
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