sitting

CET-4 FREQ #854

n. 入席, 就坐, 开庭, 孵卵 a. 坐着的, 就座的, 在职的, 在孵卵中的, 易被击中的

发音

US /ˈsɪtɪŋ/

词形变化

sittings 复数 sittings

别名

sittin' siting

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.

    Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.

    The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.

  2. 2.

    A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.

  3. 3.

    A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.

  4. 4.

    The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.

  5. 5.

    A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).

  6. 6.

    The incubation of eggs by a bird.

  7. 7.

    A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.

    we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs

  8. 8.

    An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

    习语

    I read it in two sittings.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of sit

adj.
  1. 1.

    Executed from a sitting position.

  2. 2.

    Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

session posing seance

上位词 7

move meeting movement motion session get-together motility

部分词 3

table rapping table-tipping table-turning
形容词

同义词 1

seated

近义相关 2

nonmoving unmoving

相关短语

sit up 坐起, 端坐, 熬夜, 诧异 sit out 袖手旁观, 比...坐得久, 坐到结束, 坐在户外 sit in on 列席, 旁听 sit around 坐着不干, 袖手旁观 sit on 为...的一员, 开会讨论, 审理, 拖延, 管教 [法] 调查, 询问, 占有一席次 sit back 不采取行动, 向后靠着坐 sit through 坐着挨到结束, 耐着性子看完 in one sitting 一次吃饭 sitting room 起居室 sitting pretty 处于极有利的位置, 成功 sitting duck 易被击中的目标, 易被欺骗的对象 [法] 易于欺骗的对象, 易于射中的目标 sitting ducks sitting out sitting in

词源

From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).

来源：wiktionary