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单词 armchair
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armchair
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑːm.tʃeər/us
/ˈɑːrm.tʃer/
A2
acomfortablechairwithsidesthatsupportyourarms:
扶手椅
Shesatin an armchair by thefire,readinganewspaper.她坐在火炉旁的扶手椅上看报纸。
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More examples
  • Afterdinner, Iensconcedmyself in adeeparmchair with abook.
  • Sheimaginedherselfsittingin herfavouritearmchair backhome.
  • I'vespilledsomecoffeeon theseatof the armchair.
  • She'scurledupsnuglyin the armchair,readingabook.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chairs & seats
  • armrest
  • banquette
  • bar stool
  • beach chair
  • birthing stool
  • high chair
  • living room suite
  • lounger
  • love seat
  • ottoman
  • perch
  • saddle
  • seating
  • settee
  • shooting stick
  • shotgun
  • snuggler
  • stall
  • stool
  • window seat
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armchair
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɑːm.tʃeər/us
/ˈɑːrm.tʃer/
used to refer to apersonwhoknows, or says theyknow, a lot about asubjectwithout havingdirectexperienceof it:
无实际经验的；不切实际的；空谈的
an armchaircritic/gardener/traveller夸夸其谈的评论家／手不沾泥的园艺家／足不出户的神游旅行者
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enthusiasts
  • -aholic
  • -oholic
  • -phile
  • aficionado
  • anglophile
  • anorak
  • audiophile
  • Bible-thumping
  • faddist
  • fan favourite
  • fanatic
  • fanboy
  • fandom
  • numismatist
  • otaku
  • people watcher
  • philatelist
  • watcher
  • Whovian
  • zealot
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Inexperienced (of people)
(Definition ofarmchairfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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armchair
noun[C]
us
/ˈɑrm·tʃeər/
acomfortablechairwith tworestingplacesfor thearms
(Definition ofarmchairfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofarmchair

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They drain into armchairs and into indifference and into cynicism, and they are just as much lost to the country in that way.
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We hear of people sleeping in baths, on billiard tables or in armchairs, because there is no other accommodation available for them.
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The nuclear submarine is not—as some defence commentators, from the depths of their armchairs, have assured us—just an improved submarine.
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Housewives will choose goods from their kitchens or from their lounge armchairs, and then pick up the goods from the supermarket.
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We are made miserable by watching on our television screens, from the comfort of our armchairs, the suffering of people confined to asylums.
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Our aim is as far as possible to enable elderly people to claim it from the comfort of their armchairs.
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They can sit in armchairs and write and criticise.
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There are 15 swivelling armchairs in the docks of the jury courts.
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There are 15 armchairs in the dock but only two places for counsel who represent the people in the dock.
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Do not let us become vultures of compassion, peering at poverty on the small screen from comfortable armchairs.
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I can only cite the law as told me by the gentleman concerned with the two armchairs.
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There were armchairs on which the legs became loose after a week or two.
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I understood that it was preferable to keep the elderly members of the country fit, well and healthy—rather than having them atrophy in their armchairs.
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Race relations cannot be decreed by doctrinaires from office chairs or armchairs in this country.
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I realise that armchairs will be dumped, and occasionally there will be some evidence.
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