rocking chair

英 [ˈrɒkɪŋ tʃeə(r)]

美 [ˈrɑːkɪŋ tʃer]

n.  摇椅

牛津词典

noun

• 摇椅
  a chair with two curved pieces of wood under it that make it move backwards and forwards

柯林斯词典

• 摇椅
  Arocking chairis a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood so that you can rock yourself backwards and forwards when you are sitting in it.

英英释义

noun

• a chair mounted on rockers
  Synonym:rocker

双语例句

• He was waiting for us in his rocking chair after breakfast, the look of a leprechaun on his face.
  第二天一早，他已经用完早餐，坐在他的要以里等我们，脸上带着一种精灵古怪的表情。
• No one wants to be sitting in a rocking chair at age80, wishing that they had taken that trip when they had the chance.
  没有人想在80岁的时候坐着摇椅，感叹要是还有机会，一定去旅行。
• But the Devil is awfully strong, stronger than any old rocking chair, and pretty soon the rocking chair flew apart.
  可是魔鬼特别结实，任何一把摇椅也奈何不了他，不一会儿，摇椅就散架了。
• Comedian Paula Poundstone begged off by saying she had "a lot going on," as she sat in a rocking chair.
  在视频中，多位好莱坞明星拒绝主持颁奖典礼。喜剧演员保拉•庞德斯通坐在摇椅上婉拒邀请，称自己“最近很忙”。
• We are going to cushion the rocking chair so that it is more comfortable.
  我们要在摇椅上铺软垫，那么就会更舒适了。
• "I've got to rest for a minute," I told my husband, Roy, as I collapsed into my favorite rocking chair.
  “我想去休息一下，”我告诉我的丈夫，罗伊，然后一下子躺在我最爱的摇椅上。
• He was rocking himself in a rocking chair.
  他坐在摇椅上摇动着。他笔直地坐在椅上。
• Perhaps walking the down the street one early summer's eve, you would have seen her sitting on the old oak rocking chair you got at a bargain price the day they auctioned off her life.
  也许在某个初夏的黄昏，你在街上散步时，你就会看到她坐在旧橡树摇椅上，就是拍卖那天你以低廉的价格买下的那把摇椅。
• You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
  坐在摇椅里，却怎么也摇不起来。
• Worry, it has been said, is often like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn't necessarily get you anywhere.
  有人曾说过烦恼如同一把摇椅：它给了人们一些事情做，但是却不一定会带来任何进展。