sitting
英 [ˈsɪt.ɪŋ]
美 [ˈsɪt̬.ɪŋ]
- 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
sitting 开会sit,坐下,-ing,动名词后缀。引申比喻义开会。
- 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).
- 1. When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.
- 坐立时,把胳膊肘靠在扶手上。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。