seat

座席、座面

椅子など、人が腰を下ろす物や面。

やさしい英語で： A chair or another object or surface that you sit on.

• This seat is very comfortable.
• The old seats had broken springs.
• She cleaned the seat of the chair.

よく使う表現： comfortable seat, wooden seat, car seat

席、座席

乗り物や劇場、部屋などで一人が座るための場所。

やさしい英語で： A place for one person to sit, especially in a vehicle, theater, or room.

• Is this seat free?
• We booked two seats on the train.
• Please take your seats before the show starts.

類義語： place

よく使う表現： take a seat, reserve a seat, window seat

座面

椅子の、腰を下ろす平らな部分。

やさしい英語で： The flat part of a chair that you sit on.

• The seat is soft.
• She cleaned the seats of all the chairs.
• This chair has a wide seat and a tall back.

よく使う表現： padded seat, wooden seat, seat cushion

所在地、中心地

政府や組織、重要な活動の拠点となる場所。

やさしい英語で： The place where a government, organization, or important activity is based.

• This town is the county seat.
• The palace was once the seat of royal power.
• Where is the seat of the national government?

使い方： the seat of something (The city is the seat of the regional government.)

類義語： center, headquarters

よく使う表現： seat of government, county seat, seat of power

尻の部分

ズボンなどの衣服で、お尻を覆う部分。

やさしい英語で： The part of trousers or similar clothes that covers your bottom.

• The seat of my jeans is wet.
• She patched the seat of his trousers.
• These shorts have extra fabric across the seat.

使い方： the seat of something (There is a tear in the seat of his trousers.)

よく使う表現： seat of something, seat of trousers, seat of pants

収容する

一定の人数が座れるだけの席がある。

やさしい英語で： To have enough places for a particular number of people to sit.

• The car seats five people.
• Our old classroom seated thirty children.
• How many guests can this hall seat?

類義語： accommodate

よく使う表現： seat fifty people, seat six guests

席に案内する、座らせる

座る場所を案内したり、座るのを手伝ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To show someone where to sit or help them sit down.

• Please seat the guests.
• The usher seated us near the front.
• They seated my grandmother first.

使い方： seat someone at something (The waiter seated us at a table by the window.)

よく使う表現： seat someone, seat the guests

はめ込む、取り付ける

物を正しい位置にしっかり取り付ける。

やさしい英語で： To fit something firmly into the right position.

• Seat the seal carefully.
• The mechanic seated the valve correctly.
• Make sure the ring is fully seated in its groove.

使い方： seat something in something (Seat the bearing in the housing before tightening the bolts.)

類義語： fit, position

よく使う表現： seat the gasket, seat a valve, seat something firmly