英语单词

sitting是什么意思

sitting

英 ['sɪtɪŋ] 美 ['sɪtɪŋ]
  • n. 入席,就坐;开庭;孵卵;坐着的一段时间
  • adj. 坐着的;孵卵中的;在任期中的
  • v. 坐;坐落(sit的ing形式)
  • n. (Sitting)人名;(英)西廷

中文词源


sitting 开会

sit,坐下,-ing,动名词后缀。引申比喻义开会。

英文词源


sitting (n.)
early 13c., verbal noun from sit (v.). Meaning "a meeting of a body" is from c. 1400. Meaning "interval during which one sits" (for some purpose, especially to have one's portrait taken) is from 1706. Sitting-room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; literal sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one).

双语例句


1. When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.
坐立时,把胳膊肘靠在扶手上。

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2. She had been sitting with her knitting at her fourth-floor window.
她那时正坐在5楼的窗前织东西。

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3. When Eleanor returned, I was still sitting glumly on the settee.
埃莉诺回来的时候,我还闷闷不乐地坐在长沙发上。

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4. A little girl was sitting on the step of the end house.
一个小女孩正坐在最顶头那幢房子门前的平台上。

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5. A few days after his collapse he was sitting up in bed.
他病倒后没过几天就又能在床上坐起来了。

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