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单词 to sit out
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to sit out
to sit out
1.
a. intransitive. To sit apart from others, or to remain seated, so as take no part in an activity (esp. a game or dance). Now also spec.: (of a player) to take no part in a match or part of a match. Also figurative. Cf. 1b.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] > take no part
to sit out1558
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate [verb (intransitive)] > stand aloof or take no part
keep cut?a1400
to stand out?1496
to sit out1558
society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (intransitive)] > sit out
to sit out1775
1558 Speciall Grace after Banket at Yorke sig. b.viii A woonder was it to see sum oother again, of our great Iusticers & learned men (that would not sit out) how wickedly and willingly thei becam their rackers & tormentours.
1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 106 I perceiue you wil play small play, rather than sit out.
a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) i. i. 13 If I see any kneel, and I sit out, That hour is not well spent.
1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius ii. ii Who was the prouder pray; Diogenes, that spurn'd at every thing, Or Alexander, that sate out at nothing?
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. iii You won't be so cantanckerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
1886 ‘E. Lyall’ Won by Waiting xxix. 303 She danced with Claude, however, several times, only refusing him once when she wanted to sit out with Cornelia.
1927 Everybody’s Jan. 111/1 ‘Bes' li'l' poker player in this hull state. Wanna sit in, stranger?’ ‘No, I want you to sit out.’
2014 Sports Illustr. 13 Oct. 42/2 The Seminoles' starting quarterback, sophomore James Winston, sat out with a suspension.
b. transitive. To sit apart from others, or to remain seated when others do not, so as to take no part in (a game, dance, or other social activity). Now also spec.: (of a player) to take no part in (a match or part of a match). Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > take no part in (an action)
to sit out1659
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] > stand aloof from > specifically a dance or game
to sit out1659
to set out1815
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics
to hold up?1499
decardc1555
to turn up1580
discard1591
pulla1625
to sit out1659
face1674
to make out1680
to lay out1687
to throw away1707
lead1739
weaken1742
carry1744
to take in1744
force1746
to show down1768
throw1866
blank1884
block1884
cover1885
unblock1885
pitch1890
society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (transitive)] > sit out
to sit outc1869
1659 H. Neville Shufling, Cutting, & Dealing 3 I was somewhat scrupulous, whether Play was lawful, or not; and so sate out the last Game.
c1869 T. Taylor & A. W. Dubourg in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) III. 251 I didn't sit out one dance.
1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 15 I've never had to sit out a waltz before.
1957 Economist 19 Oct. 208/2 Only two countries—Holland and Australia—gave a majority in favour of getting involved [in a war with Russia]. In the rest, all but two of which are allies of America, most people said they would rather sit this one out.
1969 Internat. Herald Tribune (Paris) 6 Nov. 13/1 Baltimore's Wes Unseld..sat out much of the game because of foul trouble.
1978 G. A. Sheehan Running & Being xv. 211 I hadn't realized this..until the 1976 Boston Marathon... Any thinking adult would have sat this one out.
2017 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 5 May z3 24% are likely to sit out the election, possibly eroding Macron's lead.
c. transitive. Sport (chiefly North American). Esp. of a coach or manager: 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 down 13 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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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
1955 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Tribune 16 Feb. 21/1 As long as the goaler has no broken bones.., no person ever seems to think of sitting him out.
1991 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Sports section) e3 He was fined for missing Tuesday morning's practice. ‘I thought about sitting him out, but I did not want to punish the team for the indiscretion of one player.’
2019 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 15 May (Sports section) b1 When I was struggling with my hitting last year and coach would sit me out, it brought out more determination in me.
2.
a. transitive. To keep one's seat throughout the course of (something); in later use esp. to remain where one is until the end of (an uncomfortable experience). Also with non-referential it as object. Cf. to sit through —— at Phrasal verbs 2.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain as opposed to go > for a purpose
to sit out1579
stay1592
staya1616
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > remain in (a place) > for a purpose
to stay for ——1554
stay1570
to sit out1579
to set out1714
to sit through ——1809
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued v. sig. E.iv He neuer must repine Although it be to sit it oute all night in costly game.
1598 F. Meres Palladis Tamia f. 33 As we can easily and with pleasure sit out long playes: so..we should at the least be as willing to sit out long Sermons.
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxxi What a Penance must be done by every accumbent; in sitting out the passage through all these dishes.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 101. ¶7 An Audience would sit out an Evening to hear a Dramatical Performance.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. ix. 325 I cannot conceive how a clever fellow like you can sit it out with such loutish guests.
1888 J. Johnston Cent. Conf. Missions I. 450 This is the only meeting, except the first, which it has been my privilege to sit out.
1949 Irish Times 19 Sept. 7/3 You will not..sit out the film without feeling queasy.
1969 A. Bennett Forty Years On in Forty Years On & Other Plays (1991) 7 Hugh and Moggie..sit out the Second World War in the basement of Claridge's.
2012 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Ireland ed.) 7 You have no control over it—you just have to sit it out.
b. transitive. Originally: to remain longer than (another person) when paying a visit. Now more generally: to keep one's seat longer than (another person), to outsit.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outstay or overstay
outdwell1600
overstand1600
sit1602
to ride out1603
outstaya1616
overstay1641
outsit1661
tarry outa1662
stay1749
to sit out1752
to overstay one's welcome1858
stay1858
society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > remain longer than (another)
to sit out1752
1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. v. v. 127 She resolved to come to an Eclaircissement, and having sat out some Company that came in, when they were alone together, [etc.].
1808 J. Austen Let. 9 Dec. (1995) 157 We found Mrs Lance at home & alone, & sat out three other Ladies who soon came in.
1902 Smart Set July 79/1 There were two or three chaps there before me, and they tried to sit me out—stubborn little cads!
1904 Collier's 14 May 22/3 Peter tried to sit her out, but it was no good; when she saw that was his game she put the door open and let the fire out, in order to chill him up to bed.
1996 W. Witney In Door, into Fight, Out Door, into Chase 217 I sat him out. He got tired of waiting for me to open the conversation and moved over.
3. intransitive. To sit in the open air.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be external [verb (intransitive)] > sit outdoors
to sit out1616
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [verb (intransitive)] > expose oneself to open air
to sit out1616
air1633
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > in open air
to sit out1616
1616 T. Roe in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. xvi. 583 The King sits out in three seuerall places, thrice euery day, except some occasion preuent him: an houre at noone to see his Elephants fight; at foure till fiue to entertayne all commers..; nine till mid-night, with his principall men in more familiaritie.
1805 E. Cavanagh Let. 20 Aug. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 179 I sat out & made a Gown while we were going along.
1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 109 I am now sitting out, for the first time.
2013 A. Forna Hired Man xxi. 289 It's still warm enough to sit out.
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