🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典 🎯
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
BNC: 302 COCA: 268
sit
sɪt sɪt
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense sits, present participle sitting, past tense , past participle sat
1 VERB 坐 If you are sitting somewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright. 坐 [Also VERB]

  • Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen. [VERB prep./adv.]

    妈妈坐在厨房里的椅子上。

  • They sat there in shock and disbelief. [VERB prep./adv.]

    他们吃惊地坐在那里，不敢相信这是真的。

  • They had been sitting watching television. [VERB]

    他们一直坐在那里看电视。

  • He was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes. [VERB adj.ive]

    他连几分钟都坐不住。

2 VERB 就座;坐下 When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something. 就座;坐下

  • He set the cases against a wall and sat on them. [VERB prep./adv.]

    他把箱子靠墙放好，然后坐在上面。

  • Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband. [VERB prep./adv.]

    伊娃拽过一把椅子，坐到丈夫的身边。

  • When you stand, they stand; when you sit, they sit. [VERB]

    你站着他们就站着，你坐下他们就坐下。

SYN take a seat, perch, settle down, be seated
Sit down means the same as sit .sit down 同 sit

  • I sat down, stunned.

    我坐了下来，呆若木鸡。

  • Hughes beckoned him to sit down on the sofa.

    休斯示意他在沙发上坐下。

3 VERB 使坐下;使就座 If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position. 使坐下;使就座 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n (not pron)]

  • He used to sit me on his lap. [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    他过去常常让我坐在他的腿上。

  • He'll sit you in front of his computer and give you a glimpse of the problem. [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    他会让你坐到电脑前，大致了解一下这个问题。

To sit someone down somewhere means to sit them there.使坐下;使就座

  • She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock.

    她把他从水里拉出来，让他坐在岩石上。

  • They sat me down and had a serious discussion about sex.

    他们让我坐下，然后和我严肃地探讨了有关性的话题。

4 VERB 坐着让人画像(或照相) If you sit for an artist or photographer, you place yourself in a sitting position so you can be painted or photographed. 坐着让人画像(或照相)

  • A person may well have been sitting for the artist for eight hours at a stretch. [VERB for noun]

    为了让画家给自己画像，一个人很有可能连续坐上 8 个钟头。

SYN pose, model
5 VERB 参加(考试) If you sit an examination, you do it. 参加(考试)

  • June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams.

    6 月和 7 月是传统的考试月份。

in AM, use 美国英语用 take
6 →see usage note at: exam
7 VERB [no cont] 作为…的成员 If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it. 作为…的成员

  • He was asked to sit on numerous committees. [VERB + on]

    他受邀担任过许多委员会的委员。

  • I know of no professional person who has ever sat on a jury. [V on/in n]

    据我所知，陪审团的成员中从未有过专业人员。

  • The party's three MPs will continue to sit in parliament. [V on/in n]

    这个党派有 3 名议员会继续在议会任职。

SYN be a member of, serve on, have a seat on, preside on
8 VERB (议会)开会;(法院)开庭 When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body sits, it officially carries out its work. (议会)开会;(法院)开庭 [formal]

  • Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52. [VERB]

    在一年 52 周当中只有 28 周是议会开会的时间。

  • The court would sit all night. [VERB]

    法庭将要通宵庭审。

SYN convene, meet, assemble, officiate
9 VERB 位于;坐落在 If a building or object sits in a particular place, it is in that place. 位于;坐落在 [written]

  • Our new house sat next to a stream. [VERB prep./adv.]

    我们的新房子坐落在一条小溪旁。

  • On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles. [VERB prep./adv.]

    桌上有一只用珠子串成的小三角形作装饰的盒子。

SYN be situated, stand, lie, be placed
10 VERB 代人临时照看小孩;当临时保姆 To sit for someone means the same as to babysit for them. 代人临时照看小孩;当临时保姆 [informal]

  • I've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday. [VERB for noun]

    我已经拜托妈妈下周六为我们临时照看一下孩子。

SYN babysit, childmind
11 See also: sitting 
12 PHRASE 呆在原处不动;不轻举妄动 If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen. to sit on the fence→see: fence  呆在原处不动;不轻举妄动

  • Sit tight. I'll be right back.

    你留在这儿别动，我马上就回来。

  • Life would continue to be hard but if they sat tight and trusted him things would get better.

    生活依然会很艰辛，但是如果他们能静观其变，并且信任他，一切会慢慢好起来的。

Phrasal verbs:
sit around sit back sit by sit down sit in on sit on sit out sit through sit up
UsageThesaurusWord Partnership
Usagesit and set
Be careful not to confuse the verbs sit and set. Sit means 'to be seated,' and is generally used intransitively. Sit down and let's get started. Set means 'to place something down somewhere,' and is generally used transitively: Terence took off his glasses and set them on the table.
Thesaurussit Also look up:
VERB.

perch, rest, settle 1 2 3

Word PartnershipUse sit with:
ADV.

sit alone, sit back, sit comfortably, sit quietly, sit still 1

VERB.

sit and eat, sit and enjoy, sit and listen, sit and talk, sit and wait, sit and watch (or sit watching) 1

sit down to dinner/eat, sit down and relax 1 2

PREP.

sit in a circle, sit on the porch, sit on the sidelines 1

sit on a bench, sit in a chair, sit on the floor, sit on someone's lap, sit around/at a table 1 2

Trends of sit
View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 柯林斯詞典 📚 – collins.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime