sit up

1. phrasal verb

If you sit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down.

Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up. [VERB PARTICLE]

2. phrasal verb

If you sit someone up, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lyingdown.

She sat him up and made him comfortable. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

[Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

3. phrasal verb

If you sit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late.

We sat up drinking and talking. [VERB PARTICLE]

I didn't feel like sitting up all night. [VERB PARTICLE]

4. phrasal verb

If something makes you sit up, it makes you suddenly pay attention to what is happening.

A defeat like that makes you sit up and think. [VERB PARTICLE]

5. See also sit-up

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sit-up

Word forms: plural sit-upsregional note: in AM, also use situp

countable noun [usually plural]

Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor.

sit up in British English

verb (adverb)

to raise (oneself or another) from a recumbent to an upright or alert sitting posture

2. (intransitive)

to remain out of bed and awake, esp until a late hour

3. (intransitive) informal

to become suddenly interested or alert

devaluation of the dollar made the money market sit up

noun sit-up, situp

a physical exercise in which the body is brought into a sitting position from one lying on the back

Also: trunk curl

sit-up in British English

(ˈsɪtˌʌp)

noun

another name for sit-ups

sit up in American English

to rise to a sitting position

to sit erect

to sit solely on the haunches with the forelegs held up in front of the chest

said of animals

to put off going to bed

5. Informal

to become suddenly alert

See full dictionary entry for sit

sit-up in American English

(ˈsɪtˌʌp), ˈsitˌup (ˈsɪtˌʌp)

noun

an exercise in which a person lying flat on the back rises to a sitting position without using the hands: sit-ups are usually done in series

Examples of 'sit up' in a sentence
sit up

As he tried to sit up, a sharp pain speared through his head.But the thought of her mum actually going made Ann sit up with shock.He brought her a cup of coffee from an automatic pot, helped her sit up enough to drink the bitter liquid."That's cool," Alex said, exhaling loudly with each sit-up.

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sit up

British English: sit-up NOUN

Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor.

He does 100 sit-ups each day.

American English: sit-up
Brazilian Portuguese: abdominal
Chinese: 仰卧起坐
European Spanish: sentadilla
French: abdominal
German: Rumpfbeuge
Italian: addominale
Japanese: 腹筋運動
Korean: 윗몸 일으키기
European Portuguese: abdominal
Latin American Spanish: sentadilla

Chinese translation of 'sit up'

sit up

vi

(from lying) 坐起来(來) (zuò qǐlái)
(= straighten) 坐直 (zuòzhí)
(= stay up late) 熬夜 (áoyè)

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(phrasal verb) in the sense of stay up

Definition

to remain out of bed until a late hour

I didn't feel like sitting up all night.

Synonyms

stay up

stay awake

not go to bed

See sit

Nearby words of
sit up

sit about or around
sit in on something
sit on the fence
sit up
site
sitting
sitting room

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sit up

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单词	sit up
释义	sit up 1. phrasal verb If you sit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you sit someone up, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lyingdown. She sat him up and made him comfortable. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb If you sit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late. We sat up drinking and talking. [VERB PARTICLE] I didn't feel like sitting up all night. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If something makes you sit up, it makes you suddenly pay attention to what is happening. A defeat like that makes you sit up and think. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. See also sit-up See full dictionary entry for sit sit-up Word forms: plural sit-upsregional note: in AM, also use situp countable noun [usually plural] Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor. sit up in British English verb (adverb) 1. to raise (oneself or another) from a recumbent to an upright or alert sitting posture 2. (intransitive) to remain out of bed and awake, esp until a late hour 3. (intransitive) informal to become suddenly interested or alert devaluation of the dollar made the money market sit up noun sit-up, situp 4. a physical exercise in which the body is brought into a sitting position from one lying on the back Also: trunk curl sit-up in British English (ˈsɪtˌʌp) noun another name for sit-ups sit up in American English 1. to rise to a sitting position 2. to sit erect 3. to sit solely on the haunches with the forelegs held up in front of the chest said of animals 4. to put off going to bed 5. Informal to become suddenly alert See full dictionary entry for sit sit-up in American English (ˈsɪtˌʌp), ˈsitˌup (ˈsɪtˌʌp) US noun an exercise in which a person lying flat on the back rises to a sitting position without using the hands: sit-ups are usually done in series Examples of 'sit up' in a sentence sit up As he tried to sit up, a sharp pain speared through his head. MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER But the thought of her mum actually going made Ann sit up with shock. Cassidy, Anne IN REAL LIFE He brought her a cup of coffee from an automatic pot, helped her sit up enough to drink the bitter liquid. Duncan, Robert L THE SERPENT'S MARK "That's cool," Alex said, exhaling loudly with each sit-up. John Murray A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES (2002) In other languages sit up British English: sit-up NOUN Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor. He does 100 sit-ups each day. American English: sit-up Brazilian Portuguese: abdominal Chinese: 仰卧起坐 European Spanish: sentadilla French: abdominal German: Rumpfbeuge Italian: addominale Japanese: 腹筋運動 Korean: 윗몸 일으키기 European Portuguese: abdominal Latin American Spanish: sentadilla Chinese translation of 'sit up' sit up vi (from lying) 坐起来(來) (zuò qǐlái) (= straighten) 坐直 (zuòzhí) (= stay up late) 熬夜 (áoyè) See sit All related terms of 'sit up' sit through ( film, lecture etc ) 耐着(著)性子到 ... 结(結)束 nàizhe xìngzi dào ... jiéshù sit out ( event ) 挨到 ... 结(結)束 áidào ... jiéshù sit on ( keep to oneself : report etc ) 搁(擱)置 gēzhì sit in on ( meeting, lesson ) 旁听(聽) pángtīng sit down ( from standing ) 坐下 zuòxià sit back ( fig ) 在一旁闲(閒)着(著) zài yīpáng xiánzhe sit around 闲(閒)坐着(著) xián zuòzhe sit about = sit around (phrasal verb) in the sense of stay up Definition to remain out of bed until a late hour I didn't feel like sitting up all night. Synonyms stay up stay awake not go to bed See sit Nearby words of sit up sit about or around sit in on something sit on the fence sit up site sitting sitting room Synonyms of 'sit up' sit up Explore 'sit up' in the dictionary
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