释义 |
ˈsit-upon colloq. [f. sit v.] 1. In pl.: Trousers, breeches. (Cf. sit-down n. 2.)
1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 126 With a pair of the master's sit-upons that wanted reparation. 1857‘C. Bede’ Verdant Green iii. x, They weren't dressed in tall hats..and velvet sit-upons. 2. The buttocks, the posterior.
1920C. A. W. Monckton Some Experiences of New Guinea Resident Magistrate xxv. 302 You have a big boil on your sit-upon. 1955E. Waugh Officers & Gentlemen ii. i. 169 Mrs Stitch immediately sat in the place he vacated. ‘Hot-sit-upon,’ she remarked. 1976‘J. Welcome’ Grand National viii. 130 I've got something to eat off and to put me sit-upon on in the evenings. |