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

• Her mother was sitting in the dark by the stove in her rocking chair
  她母亲坐在炉边暗处的摇椅里。
• The old wooden rocking chair, creaking endlessly against the floorboards, seems to work against my best efforts to get my infant daughter, and myself, some much-needed rest.
  破旧的木摇椅在地板上不停地吱吱作响，似乎有意破坏我为哄小囡囡入睡和让自己也获得必要的休息所做的一切努力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why did the man put wheels on his rocking chair?
  为什么这个男人把轮子放在他的摇椅子上？
• 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”。
• I` m not going to retire and sit around in a rocking chair, I can tell you that.
  这还差不多，我不会退休去坐在一把摇椅上，我也保证。
• 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。