单词 | to sit over |
释义 | > as lemmasto sit over —— to sit over —— 1. intransitive. To linger over (a meal, a drink, etc.) while sitting. Also: to be occupied with (a book, or other matter) while sitting. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > examine carefully to sit over ——1606 society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > study diligently or hard to make a study ofa1591 nit1596 to sit over ——1606 to mouse over1808 to work out1830 bone1832 work1840 to work up1852 mug1868 swot1901 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > be occupied with while sitting to sit over ——1606 1606 Returne from Pernassus i. iii. sig. B3v Will you walke on M. Ingenioso, weele sit ouer a cup of wine and agree on it. 1781 J. Bentham Corr. (1968–81) III. 92 Barré loves to sit over his claret. 1858 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Mar. 791/1 I was sitting over a book in my quiet room one day, when a terrific knock at the door aroused me. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 The garden..where..the elder merchants sat over their pipe and beaker of Rhine wine. 1936 G. Mayer Friederich Engels 93 Marx had sat over an article for a whole day without bringing it into a reasonable shape. 1971 ‘E. Ferrars’ Stranger & Afraid vi. 112 They..had lunch, sitting over it until about two o'clock. 2003 A. Donovan Buddha Da (2004) 181 We used tae come in here, sit for hours over a coffee. 2. intransitive. Cards. In bridge, whist, and similar games: to be seated to the left of, and consequently in the advantageous position of playing after (a player or hand). ΚΠ 1885 C. F. Pardon Card Games iv, in Bow Bells 14 Jan. 95/1 The Lead... No. 1 can lead right through his adversaries down to his partner, and this he does by confidently playing out his big cards, being certain that his partner, sitting over the other two players, can husband his own strength. 1902 A. Dunn Bridge Bk. 114 The effect of an original trump lead would be to put the leader's partner completely at the mercy of the strong hand sitting over him. 1921 A. E. M. Foster Auction Bridge 84 A good bid by second hand over a ‘One no trumps’ called by the dealer is—when his cards justify it—‘Two no trumps’, because he is sitting over the declared strength. 2000 B. Seagram & M. Smith Bridge xii. 109 This time, it is the opponents who have the strong hand sitting over you. < as lemmas |
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