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

• 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。
• 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。
• There you can admire letters, pictures and gifts sent by children, and sit down for a moment in Santa's sturdy rocking chair.
  在那里，你可以欣赏孩子们寄来的信件，图画和礼物，也可以在圣诞老人的摇椅里坐一会。
• 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”。
• She would sit in her little rocking chair to suck her finger in the most unexpected corner.
  她宁愿在最出人意料的角落里，坐在她的小摇椅上吮吸手指。
• And she brought with her a rocking chair.
  她带回一个乒乓球。
• Fear and worry is kind of like a rocking chair: it keeps you going, but you do not get anywhere!
  担忧和恐惧就象一把摇椅：它让你摆动，但却去不了任何地方。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。