sitter

FREQ #15123

n. 坐着的人, 坐着被画像的人

发音

UK /ˈsɪtə/
AU
US /ˈsɪtɚ/
US /ˈsɪɾɚ/

词形变化

sitters 复数 sitters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.

  2. 2.

    One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.

    It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.

  3. 3.

    A sitting room.

  4. 4.

    A participant in a séance.

  5. 5.

    A broody hen.

  6. 6.

    A very easy scoring chance.

    俚语 体育 游戏

    How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

  7. 7.

    Someone who accompanies a person who is taking a psychedelic drug, to provide reassurance in case of a bad trip.

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词源

From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.

来源:wiktionary