| 单词 | to sit down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit down to sit down 1. a. intransitive. To seat oneself; to take a seat. Also occasionally: to come accidentally to the ground in a sitting posture; to fall on one's bottom. Cf. main sense 27a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > sit down sitOE to sit adownc1275 to sit downc1300 to make one's seata1400 to set adowna1400 to set downc1400 seat1596 pitch1796 roost1816 take a pew1898 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > come to a sitting posture to sit upOE sita1400 to sit down1859 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 2809 Nu wile ich þat ye doun site. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1996) II. l. 21573 Gadred þar wer þe princes grete, And ilke þar sette doune in his sete. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 170 Syr kyngys, syt downe & rest you so. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 155 A place appointed for ye captain generall to sit down on. 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 22 We sat down, fed as heartily as we could, and then taking leave [etc.]. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xv. 149 He entered, drew a chair, and sate down. 1817 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) IV. iii. 97 I..am often six hours on foot without stopping or sitting down. 1859 Habits Good Society v. 212 To see a man sit down in a waltz. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company iv He sat down by the roadside to partake of his bread and cheese. 1921 Outlook 16 Mar. 434/2 Never once did he slip and sit down in a puddle! 2014 L. Erickson-Schroth Trans Bodies, Trans Selves xi. 236 A woman sat down next to me and flipped through a magazine. b. spec. With reference to persons seating themselves, usually at a table, for the purpose of eating, drinking, gambling, etc. (a) intransitive. With to (the table, a meal, etc.). ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (1873) l. 1028 Whan þat thise lordes wende To sitten doun to mete, he gan to calle Grisilde. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 239 The sixt houre, When..Men sit downe to that nourishment which is called Supper. View more context for this quotation 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 101 He..sits down to the Cards or Hazard. 1795 A. Hughes Jemima I. 206 Quietly submit to sit down to the table at which my late fellow servants are to wait. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 225 Cannot we like Sempronia, without sitting down to chess with her eternal brother? 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Sept. 5/1 I sit down to ham and eggs. 1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity iii. i. 264 He sees the next job and sits down to it. 2011 J. C. Hormel & E. Martin Fit to Serve viii. 87 The three of us sat down to dinner on the screened-in porch. (b) intransitive. Without prepositional phrase. Now rare. ΚΠ 1580 A. Saker Narbonus i. 132 Repairing to his fathers house,..whome he found readie for supper, and prepared to sitte downe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vi. 9 Who riseth from a feast with that keene appetite that he sits downe? 1739 T. Gray Let. 21 June in Corr. (1971) I. 113 You sit down, and play forty deals without intermission. 1863 Illustr. London News 8 Aug. 150/3 The inspection dinner..took place yesterday week... Between forty and fifty gentlemen sat down. 1900 H. James Little Tour in France xxiv. 166 I sat down with a hundred hungry marketers. 1975 C. Easton Search for Sam Goldwyn (1976) 88 If he invited you for dinner at eight o'clock, he meant eight o'clock. And he'd sit down at eight o'clock. 2. a. transitive (reflexive). To seat oneself, take a seat. Also in extended use: to settle (see quot. 1823). Cf. main sense 27b. Now somewhat colloquial.Sometimes, in recent use, in imperative in archaic form sit you down as a genteel invitation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > sit down [verb (reflexive)] siteOE seta1300 to sit downa1393 to set downa1400 seat1589 swapa1592 bench1608 pitch1844 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2282 He satte him thanne doun. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke x. Mary..sat hir downe at Iesus fete [L. sedens secus pedes Domini], and herkened vnto his worde. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 70 My lord..called for a Chayer, And satt hyme self down in the myddes of the table. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 59 In every corner they walk into, or sit themselves down in. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 3 I sit me down a pensive hour to spend. 1823 H. T. Colebrooke in State Cape Good Hope 374 The early colonists of South Africa sat themselves down on fertile spots. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children xiii. 103 Come and sit you down by the fire. 1910 W. Riddle Cherished Memories of Old Lancaster x. 135 Sitting myself down on a lone mile-stone.., I drew forth the time-worn history. 1977 K. O'Hara Ghost of Thomas Penry viii. 67 Sit you down and I'll pop the kettle on. 2002 F. Sherwood Bk. of Splendour vii. 67 She sat herself down on a chair. b. transitive (in passive). to be sat down: to be sitting down, to be in a seated position. Cf. main sense 27c. Now British colloquial.Apparently rare from the 19th century until the late 20th century.Some early modern English examples may show either the perfect tense formed with be rather than have or the passive of sense 4 (as in they were sat down ‘they had sat down’ or ‘they were made to sit down’). ΚΠ ?1574 tr. H. Niclaes Exhortatio ix. f. 18 My beloued Children and thou Famelye of Loue: when yee are sat-downe at the Table to eate. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 185 As soon as they were sitten down [It. assisi]. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew iii. sig. H2v Yonder they are at peep. And now sitten downe as waiting for my purpose. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 23 I am now sat down to give you a few scattered observations. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. xxiii. 273 They were scarcely sat down, before one of the house-maids came [etc.]. 1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 I'm sitten down here. 1880 ‘H. Lee’ Mrs. Denys of Cote III. xliii. 174 When he got indoors and was sat down in his chair, he said..: ‘Some misfortune's befallen the squire’. 1986 alt.folklore.computers 16 Dec. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 24 Nov. 2017) James, our manager, was sat down, head in hands, hands between knees. 2012 K. Hudson Tony Hogan bought me Ice-cream Float 177 You could see an inch of grey sock and three inches of greyer skin when l was sat down. 3. intransitive. To go down on (also upon) one's knees. Cf. Phrases 1b. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish after Middle English. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > condition of being oppressed > oppress [verb (transitive)] beareOE charka1300 to weigh downa1340 besit1377 to bear (a person or thing) heavyc1384 oppressc1384 thringa1400 empressc1400 accloyc1425 to sit downa1450 threst1513 downtread1536 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)1602 pressa1616 weight1647 to bear (a person or thing) heavily1702 weigh1794 freight1892 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)] > assume kneeling posture to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the (one's) kneec950 kneec1000 to sit on one's kneesOE to sit downa1450 to strike down1616 a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 106 Doun on kneis she sat anone And wepte. c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 604 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 169 With þat befor þe bischape rath he set done one [his] kneis bath. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 187 [They] passit to the quenis grace and sat doune vpone thair kneis and askit pardone. 1626 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1885) III. 260 Untill such time as she shall sitt downe upon her knees and submitt herselfe to her mother, and crave her blessinge. 1733 C. Hunter Durham Cathedral 17 The Prior..did sit down upon his Knees with his Shoes off. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 146 No gin they should a' hae sutten down on their knees wad she gae wi' him. 1950 in Sc. National Dict. (1971) VIII. (at cited word) Aa o a suddenty Jeems sat doun on's knees atween the trams o the barra and that was the eyn o'm. 2017 @sheeranaz 19 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 27 Nov. 2017) This new boy at our school is so small that the teacher sat down on his knees to talk to him. 4. transitive. To cause (a person) to sit down. Now frequently (sometimes without implying an actual seated position) to put (a person) in a position designed to compel attention.rare before the 20th century and in earlier use, esp. in the past tense, not always distinguishable from uses of variant forms of set v.1 ΚΠ a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxiii. sig. S.iv/2 He sate her down on the ground, for she was in that case for fere that her legges would not bere her. a1849 J. Kenney Spring & Autumn (1855) ii. 34 I met your husband, tipsy as a blind fiddler, who lays hold of me, and forcibly sitting me down to a table, makes me swallow a tumbler of scalding punch, familiarly calling me a jolly old cock! 1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 June 387/1 He promptly sat us down to such entertainment as his vessel furnishes. 1946 Billboard 20 Apr. 37/2 Bornstein tried to make them feel at ease, sat them down and said: ‘Kids, before you play your song, I want you to hear my latest plug.’ 1992 Independent 6 Jan. 11/3 My father sat me down and talked to me about it. He said it was addictive, a waste of money and led to other things. I promised never to smoke it again while I was living at home. 2017 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 12 Nov. 30 I sat her down in a chair and called an ambulance. 5. a. intransitive. figurative. Of a person or thing: to calm down; to subside; to settle down. Esp. of the wind: to become less strong, subside (now regional). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] allayc1275 softc1300 assuage1330 swagec1330 slakea1352 stanchc1420 overslakec1425 appeasec1440 to swage ofc1440 to sit downa1555 soften1565 slack1580 mitigate1633 moderate1737 gentle1912 the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > be quiet or tranquil [verb (intransitive)] > become quiet or tranquil > settle down to sit downa1675 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > descend and settle light?c1225 falla1300 alightc1330 settlec1380 lightenc1460 reside1616 to sit down1897 a1555 J. Bradford Godlie Medit. Lordes Prayer (1562) sig. P.vii No man is able to vnderstand, & therfore we shuld bidde our busye braine syt downe. 1599 A. Hume Day Estivall 182 Great is the calme, for euerie quhair The wind is sitten downe. a1675 J. Lightfoot Rem. (1700) 203 There hath been many a good soul that hath sitten down in much sadness. 1780 J. Berington State Eng. Catholics p. viii Shall I sit down satisfied because the good humour of a magistrate chooses to indulge me. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 107 We little thought to hae sittin doun wi' the like o' my auld Davie Howden, or you either. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 583 A terrific tornado, which has been lurking growling about, then sits down in the forest and bursts. 2015 @JohnSaltyjohn 1 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Nov. 2017) The wind has sat down here in Lancashire. b. To put up with, be resigned to, or bear with something unwelcome. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > acquiesce [verb (transitive)] to sit down1584 1584 R. Cosin Answer to Two Fyrst & Principall Treat. ii. xx. 345 Hir Highnesse must (at his request) sit downe by the losse. 1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii. 117 But men will laugh at our simplicity, if we sit downe by such indignities. 1766 J. Burrow Rep. Cases King's Bench 2 755 Each Party is to sit down by his own Costs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] takec1175 dure1297 suffer1297 eata1382 to take in patiencec1385 to take awortha1387 endure1477 to go through ——1535 pocket1589 to sit down1589 hack1936 1589 E. Bunny Briefe Answer Quarrels R. P. 106 God bee thanked, that you are able to find no greater matters; but that you are faine to sit downe with these? 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. 126 All were bound vpon paine of death to sit down with their priuate loss. 1674 R. Boyle About Excellency & Grounds Mech. Hypothesis 17 in Excellency Theol. A sober physician..will never sit down with so short an account. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 49. ⁋1 We are apt to sit down with our Errors, well enough satisfied with the Methods we are fallen into. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 203 He was compelled to sit down with the affront. 1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. I. 152 He was not a man tamely to sit down with dejection. (c) intransitive. With under. ΚΠ 1620 S. Denison Monument or Tombe-stone 110 She was content to sit downe vnder the wrong, being perswaded that God would cleare her innocencie as the light at noone day. 1723 W. Hendley Exhortation to Holy Communion (ed. 2) 49 A Man had better patiently sit down under the Loss, than endeavour to recover it by Law. 1830 F. S. Hutchinson Second Let. to Christian Examiner 1 Sitting down under the painful imputation of having been a ‘false accuser’. 1914 P. Geddes Let. 30 Oct. in P. Boardman Worlds of P. Geddes (1978) viii. 253 The loss..is hard... Of course we are not sitting down under it: quite the contrary, we are busy taking measures to reorganise as speedily as possible. 1993 H. A. Meynell in T. J. Farrell & P. A. Soukup Communication & Lonergan vii. 137 But is it really possible to sit down under the consequences of the belief that knowledge has no foundations? ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > acquiesce [verb (intransitive)] condescend1579 acquiesce1642 to sit down1644 right-ho1936 1644 T. Weld Answer to W.R. 19 They use to submit to the rest, and sit downe in their votes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii The major part sit down in his authority. View more context for this quotation 6. a. intransitive. Originally Scottish. To establish oneself in a location or place; to settle, take up one's abode. Formerly also figurative, with on: †(of a feeling) to settle on, descend on (obsolete). In later use chiefly Australian. Now rare.Common in U.S. from the 17th to the 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (intransitive)] > be or become established morea1200 roota1382 to take roota1450 take1523 to take rooting1548 to be well warmed1565 seisin1568 to sit down1579 to come to stay1863 1579 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 241 [He]satt doun upoun the ground of the saidis landis,..and upliftit the dewiteis of the samin. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 693 (heading) Donald Bane..efter his Deid sat doun and rang into his Steid. 1632 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 87 The Braintree company, (which had begun to sit down at Mount Wollaston). a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) x. 309 In this time it began to sit down on my spirit very much..that I was unfit for them. 1799 in Farmer's Mag. Aug. (1801) 311 On the turn of middle age..the author sat down on a farm in Maryland. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 332 A comparison of their present state with their situation when they first sat down. 1820 Monitor (Sydney) 13 Nov. 2/6 The six men who were captured at Hunter's River with a very large number of cattle and horses..intended to sit down as the Blacks say ‘far from the busy haunts of men’. 1875 Couper Sandy ix, in W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 139 I did not think it richt that he sud be latt'n sit doon amon's as a neebour onbeen enterteen't. 1921 Westville (Indiana) Indicator 29 Sept. By and by, she [sc. Europe] might have come over here and sat down on our farm. 1975 K. Willey Ghosts of Big Country ii. 31 He still ‘sits down’ in ‘The Loo’ for several months each year in a galvanised iron house. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 305/1 Sit down, settle, make your home; specifically, take up the tenancy of a farm. b. (a) intransitive. Of a military force or its commander: to encamp beside a town or fortified place in order to besiege it (frequently with before); (also) †to settle down to a siege (obsolete). Formerly also: †(of a siege) to commence (obsolete). Cf. main sense 7b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > lay siege [verb (intransitive)] to lay ensiege?a1500 to plant a siegea1500 to sit down1593 inleaguer1603 to set downa1616 to lie down1693 sit1802 1593 M. Sutcliffe Pract., Proc., & Lawes of Armes xvi. 215 Before we sit downe before any towne, let vs see what commodity we may get by taking it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 28 All places yeelds to him ere he sits downe, And the Nobility of Rome are his. View more context for this quotation 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. i. 6 His Father..resolv'd to send him..to the Siege of Rochelle, that was then sitting down. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 127 They sat down to the Siege of Coburgh Castle. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. xii. 333 The army of Burgundy sat down before Nancy, in a strong position. 1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways i. 137 In the summer of 1706..one of the Austrian captains sat down before the frontier town of Huymonde, in Spanish Flanders, and prepared to take it. 2010 P. F. Purton Hist. Late Medieval Siege ii. 77 King James..was wrongly informed that the city of Gaeta would open its gates to him...He found this was not true and sat down to besiege it. (b) transitive. To cause (an army) to encamp. ΚΠ 1927 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. II. iv. 406 He sat his army down before it. 1972 J. Haswell James II xxii. 245 The usurper William arrived and sat his army down outside Exeter. 1996 E.C. Fishel Secret War for Union Epil. 545 Grant sat the army down at Cold Harbor and pondered his next move. 7. transitive. To put or set (a thing or person) down. Cf. main sense 20c. Now chiefly U.S.rare before the 20th century and in earlier use, esp. in the past tense, not always distinguishable from uses of variant forms of set v.1 (cf. quot. 1796 for to set down 4a at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > put or lay down allayOE seta1000 to lay downc1275 to put downa1382 to set downa1400 deposec1420 to sit down1600 depositate1618 deposit1749 ground1751 plank1859 1600 T. Dekker in R. Allott Englands Parnassus 478 He [sc. Zephirus] sate vs downe, and thus we did ariue. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher IV. 224 If he would sit me down where he found me. 1824 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 57 511 When he took his lady from the horse Into his arms, he gently sat her down. 1940 J. Ross They don't dance Much (1975) v. 54 Smut drank his liquor and sat the cup down on the table. 2000 S. O'Flanagan Storm Clouds in J. Adams et al. Girls' Night In 448 It came in a huge bright yellow cup.., served by a pretty, gamine waitress who smiled cheerfully as she sat it down in front of me. 8. a. intransitive. To be or remain seated. Cf. main sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] asitOE sitOE setc1275 to sit down1659 1659 T. Pestell Serm. & Devotions 91 There is a third, a wilfull and obstinate Ignorance, sitting down in darkness without Care or Endeavour to rise up from that bondage. 1791 J. Lackington Memoirs vi. 44 My good mistress would sit down for hours together, with her bible in her lap. 1844 Knickerbocker June 565 If there was no happiness, there was at least no unhappiness, in sitting down for hours, and brooding over my own idiosyncracies. 1916 J. Parr Let. 19 June in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 211 He sits down all day and does not attempt to help in any way except when I tell him to do things. 2015 Daily Express (Nexis) 24 Sept. 11 Fidgeting could help fight against the health dangers of spending all day sitting down in the office. b. intransitive. to take (something) sitting down and variants: to accept or tolerate (something, esp. a setback, defeat, etc.) submissively, without complaint or reprisal; to acquiesce to. Cf. sense 5. Cf. also to take (a beating, defeat, etc.) lying down at lie v.1 Phrasal verbs.Usually in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] to turn the other cheek1529 to go down like ninepins1791 to take (a beating, defeat, etc.) lying down1888 to take (something) sitting down1899 1899 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner 12 May 2/6 Please don't imagine every bikist [= cyclist] will submit to indignities..; some take it sitting down, others look for gore. 1917 Living Age 10 Nov. 351/1 The enemy front line and their reserve lines received a fearful pounding... The enemy, of course, did not take this sitting down, and very soon his guns began to pound away at our trenches. 1961 J. Carlova & O. Ruggles Healing Heart iv. 57 A rebel is a fighter. He doesn't accept defeat sitting down. He gets up and fights back. 2005 Nation 14 Feb. 13/1 We Democrats can't take this sitting down. We have to stand up..and figure out how we build this back into a majority party. 9. intransitive. To meet with a person, group, etc., typically for a formal, serious, or lengthy discussion; to hold a meeting. Cf. sit-down n. 3.Typically used with specific reference to meetings attended in person, as opposed to telephone conversations, etc., though now also sometimes used of meetings conducted online. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > face-to-face or in person interview1548 see1548 to sit down1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxii. 199 When my active capacity begins to abate, I may sit down with the Preacher, and resolve all my past life into vanity and vexation of spirit. 1814 Q. Rev. Oct. 228 It is..curious to mark with what imposing gravity a committee will sit down to discuss the merits of a mouse-trap. 1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 27 June 1/3 Others are willing to sit down with the union spokesmen and negotiate new scales of wages. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Jan. 42/4 Before any attempt is made at appraisal it would be wise for music teachers and headteachers to sit down together and determine a realistic job specification. 2002 L. G. Friedman Go-to-market Strategy ii. 64 The ongoing frenzy..leaves people too exhausted..to do anything useful.., such as..sitting down with prospective partners to see what it would take to drive deals together. 10. intransitive. Originally U.S. to sit down (hard) on: to denounce severely, to reject (a proposal); to snub (a person). Cf. to sit on —— 8 at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1874 Cleveland (Ohio) Daily Herald 23 June 4/3 Congress has sat down hard on the independent government of the District... Washington is flattened out. 1885 Outing Sept. 697 But, my dear, that sounds very much like the rudeness which you gentlemen call ‘sitting down on people’. 1904 Boston Advertiser 5 Nov. 4 He sat down hard on the proposition that Canada should meet a penny of the ‘imperial’ expenses. 1984 Financial Times 17 May 2/8 The nimble-minded Premier had dreamed up a ‘wizard wheeze’... Washington is said to have sat down hard on this one. 11. intransitive. Of an aviator: to land an aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > land land1784 alight1786 to sit down1926 to put down1933 to touch down1933 to hit the deck1943 1926 National Geographic Mag. Jan. 18/1 After a while he guessed he'd better ‘sit down’... He got down all right. 1954 Life 25 Jan. 75/2 Descending, sometimes through a 40-knot blizzard, Thule's pilots sit down in an ancient glacier bed. 2013 San Marcos (Texas) Daily Rec. 18 Jan. 1/2 The pilot quickly sat down on Runway 82-6. 12. intransitive. Originally U.S. To sit down on strike in one's place of work; to sit down in a public place as a form of protest. Cf. sit-down adj. 4a. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > be militant [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate or protest > specific to sit down1936 to sit in1937 sit1959 to take a (also the) knee1960 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 2 Nov. 14/1 Various of the men reporting for picket duty yesterday came from ships where cooks had been the first to ‘sit down’ in sympathy with the West Coast strikers and hadn't had any food for forty-eight hours. 1962 P. Mortimer Pumpkin Eater xxi. 179 ‘She paints Ban the Bomb on everything.’.. ‘I suppose she sits down all over the place?’ 2008 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 11 Dec. b10 Barack Obama means to build a more equitable nation, but it would help him in that task if more workers sat down. 13. transitive. North American Sport. Esp. of a coach or manager: to remove (a player) from a game; (also) to exclude (a player) from a team or squad; to leave on the bench. Cf. bench v.1 3d.Cf. sense 19 and to sit out 1c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [verb (transitive)] > other actions or types of play outshoot1545 football1599 pitch1717 make1819 to warm up1868 to draw out1893 bench1898 foot1900 cover1907 cannonball1911 telegraph1913 unsight1923 snap1951 to sit out1955 pike1956 to sit down1956 wrong-foot1960 blindside1968 sit1977 1956 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. 27/3 I've kept Bernie on the bench an average of a quarter a game this season, but I'm not going to sit him down against Lindenhurst tomorrow. 1989 Guardian 20 Sept. (Sports News section) 19/7 I will not leave a player out. I would not have the heart to sit a player down. 2001 R. Lazenby Mindgames viii. 215 Last year in San Antonio, any tirade Dennis threw, it was ‘Get him out of the game! Sit him down! Teach him a lesson!’ to sit down c. intransitive. Coal Mining. Of a coal face: to crack off but remain in position. Also to sit down. Now rare. ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 224 A coal face or buttock is said to sit when, after the sprags have been drawn, it will not fall over and break up, but merely cracks off and rests in that position until pulled over. ?c1919 D. Burns & G. L. Kerr Mod. Pract. Coal Mining vii. 523 The drawback to deep cutting in thin seams is that the coal does not tumble over, but simply sits down. 1931 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 80 395 Some coal ‘sits down’ when being cut. < as lemmas |
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