"base frame of an automobile," 1903, American English; earlier "window frame" (1660s), from French chassis "frame," Old French chassiz (13c.) "frame, framework, setting," from chasse "case, box, eye socket, snail's shell, setting (of a jewel)," from Latin capsa "box, case;" see case (n.2) + French -is, collective suffix for a number of parts taken together. Compare sash (n.2).
例文
1. Neither the timber frame nor metal chasis were protected against rot.
木製フレームも金属シャーシも防腐措置を取っていない。
2.He would attach a cable around the chasis of the car and winch it up on to the canal bank.
自動車のシャーシにワイヤロープを結び付け、ウインチで自動車を運河岸に引き上げる。
3.The frame or chasis on which panels of electrical equipment may be mounted.
電気機器基板を取り付けることができるフレームまたはベース。
4.The stabilized power supply unit for the detectors is mounted at the rear of the chasis .
検出器の定圧電源はフレームの後ろに取り付けられている。
5.The new parts may include the sheet metal，the transmission，or the chasis .