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S0437300 (sĭt)v. sat (săt), sit·ting, sits v.intr.1. To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.2. a. To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface. Used of animals.b. To perch. Used of birds.3. To cover eggs for hatching; brood.4. To be situated or located: a house that sits on a hill.5. To lie or rest: Dishes were sitting on a shelf. See Usage Note at set¹.6. To pose for an artist or photographer.7. a. To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials: sit in Congress.b. To be in session.8. To remain inactive or unused: Her expensive skis sat gathering dust.9. To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh: Official duties sat heavily upon the governor.10. To fit, fall, or drape in a specified manner: The jacket sits perfectly on you.11. To be agreeable to one; please: The idea didn't sit well with any of us.12. Chiefly British To take an examination, as for a degree.13. To blow from a particular direction. Used of the wind.14. To keep watch or take care of a child.v.tr.1. To cause to sit; seat: Sit yourself over there.2. To keep one's seat on (an animal): She sits her horse well.3. To sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.4. To provide seating accommodation for: a theater that sits 1,000 people.n.1. a. The act of sitting.b. A period of time spent sitting.2. The way in which an article of clothing, such as a dress or jacket, fits.Phrasal Verbs: sit down To take a seat. sit in1. To be present or participate as a visitor at a discussion or music session.2. To act as a substitute: She sat in for the vacationing news anchor.3. To take part in a sit-in. sit on (or upon)1. To confer about.2. To suppress or repress: sat on the evidence.3. To postpone action or resolution regarding.4. Slang To rebuke sharply; reprimand. sit out1. To stay until the end of.2. To refrain from taking part in: sit out a dance. sit up1. To rise from lying down to a sitting position.2. To sit with the spine erect.3. To stay up later than the customary bedtime.4. To become suddenly alert: The students sat up when he mentioned the test.Idioms: sit on (one's) hands To fail to act. sit pretty Informal To be in a very favorable position. sit tight Informal To be patient and await the next move.

[Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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(sɪt) vb (mainly intr) , sits, sitting or sat1. (also tr; when intr, often foll by down, in, or on) to adopt or rest in a posture in which the body is supported on the buttocks and thighs and the torso is more or less upright: to sit on a chair; sit a horse. 2. (tr) to cause to adopt such a posture3. (Zoology) (of an animal) to adopt or rest in a posture with the hindquarters lowered to the ground4. (Zoology) (of a bird) to perch or roost5. (Zoology) (of a hen or other bird) to cover eggs to hatch them; brood6. to be situated or located7. (Physical Geography) (of the wind) to blow from the direction specified8. (Art Terms) to adopt and maintain a posture for one's portrait to be painted, etc9. (Parliamentary Procedure) to occupy or be entitled to a seat in some official capacity, as a judge, elected representative, etc10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (of a deliberative body) to be convened or in session11. to remain inactive or unused: his car sat in the garage for a year. 12. to rest or lie as specified: the nut was sitting so awkwardly that he couldn't turn it. 13. (Clothing & Fashion) (of a garment) to fit or hang as specified: that dress sits well on you. 14. to weigh, rest, or lie as specified: greatness sits easily on him. 15. (Education) (tr) chiefly Brit to take (an examination): he's sitting his bar finals. 16. (Education) (usually foll by for) chiefly Brit to be a candidate (for a qualification): he's sitting for a BA. 17. (intr; in combination) to look after a specified person or thing for someone else: granny-sit. 18. (tr) to have seating capacity for19. sitting pretty informal well placed or established financially, socially, etc20. sit tight a. to wait patiently; bide one's timeb. to maintain one's position, stand, or opinion firmly[Old English sittan; related to Old Norse sitja, Gothic sitan, Old High German sizzen, Latin sedēre to sit, Sanskrit sīdati he sits]

SIT

abbreviation for (Telecommunications) stay in touch

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v. sat, sat, sit•ting. v.i. 1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated (often fol. by down). 2. to be located or situated: The house sits on a cliff. 3. to rest or lie (usu. fol. by on or upon): An aura of greatness sits upon her. 4. to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.; pose. 5. to remain quiet or inactive: Let the matter sit. 6. (of a bird) to cover eggs with the body for hatching; brood. 7. to fit or hang, as a garment. 8. to occupy an official seat or have an official capacity, as a legislator. 9. to be convened or in session, as an assembly. 10. to take care of something or someone like a baby-sitter (usu. used in combination): to plant-sit for the neighbors. 11. to blow from the indicated direction: a wind sitting in the west. 12. to be accepted or considered in the way indicated: His answer didn't sit right with us. 13. to be acceptable to the stomach: My breakfast didn't sit too well. v.t. 14. to cause to sit; seat (often fol. by down): Sit yourself down. 15. to sit astride or keep one's seat on (a horse or other animal). 16. to provide seating accommodations or room for; seat: Our table only sits six people. 17. to baby-sit for. 18. sit in on, to be a spectator, observer, or visitor at. 19. sit on or upon, a. to inquire into or deliberate over: A coroner's jury sat on the case. b. to put off for a time; postpone. c. to check; squelch: to sit on nasty rumors. 20. sit out, a. to stay to the end of. b. to stay, wait, or endure longer than: to sit out one's rivals. c. to keep one's seat during (a dance, competition, etc.); fail to participate in. 21. sit up, a. to rise from a supine to a sitting position. b. to sit upright; hold oneself erect. c. to be awake and active during one's usual sleep time: to sit up all night playing solitaire. d. to become interested; take notice. Idioms: 1. sit on one's hands, a. to fail to applaud. b. to fail to take appropriate action. 2. sit pretty, to be in a comfortable situation: He's been sitting pretty ever since he got that new job. 3. sit tight, to take no action; wait. [before 900; Middle English sitten, Old English sittan, c. Old Frisian sitta, Old High German sizzan, Old Norse sitja; akin to Gothic sitan, Latin sedēre, Greek hézesthai] usage: See set.

sit

1. describing a movement

When you sit or sit down, you lower your body until your bottom is resting on something. The past tense and -ed participle of sit is sat.

You usually use sit rather than 'sit down' when you mention the place where someone sits.

A woman came and sat next to her.Sit on this chair, please.

If you are not mentioning the place, use sit down.

She sat down and poured herself a cup of tea.2. saying where someone is

If you are sitting somewhere, your bottom is resting on something such as a chair. In standard English, don't say that someone 'is sat' somewhere.

They are sitting at their desks.She was sitting on the edge of the bed.

sit

Past participle: sat
Gerund: sitting

Imperative
sit
sit

Present
I sit
you sit
he/she/it sits
we sit
you sit
they sit

Preterite
I sat
you sat
he/she/it sat
we sat
you sat
they sat

Present Continuous
I am sitting
you are sitting
he/she/it is sitting
we are sitting
you are sitting
they are sitting

Present Perfect
I have sat
you have sat
he/she/it has sat
we have sat
you have sat
they have sat

Past Continuous
I was sitting
you were sitting
he/she/it was sitting
we were sitting
you were sitting
they were sitting

Past Perfect
I had sat
you had sat
he/she/it had sat
we had sat
you had sat
they had sat

Future
I will sit
you will sit
he/she/it will sit
we will sit
you will sit
they will sit

Future Perfect
I will have sat
you will have sat
he/she/it will have sat
we will have sat
you will have sat
they will have sat

Future Continuous
I will be sitting
you will be sitting
he/she/it will be sitting
we will be sitting
you will be sitting
they will be sitting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sitting
you have been sitting
he/she/it has been sitting
we have been sitting
you have been sitting
they have been sitting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sitting
you will have been sitting
he/she/it will have been sitting
we will have been sitting
you will have been sitting
they will have been sitting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sitting
you had been sitting
he/she/it had been sitting
we had been sitting
you had been sitting
they had been sitting

Conditional
I would sit
you would sit
he/she/it would sit
we would sit
you would sit
they would sit

Past Conditional
I would have sat
you would have sat
he/she/it would have sat
we would have sat
you would have sat
they would have sat

SIT

Stay in touch

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sit - be seatedsit downlounge - sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"sprawl - sit or lie with one's limbs spread outperch, roost, rest - sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"seat, sit down, sit - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat, scrunch, crouch - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"sit down, sit - take a seatsit out - endure to the endsit down, sit - take a seatlie - be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"stand, stand up - be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
	2.	sit - be around, often idly or without specific purpose; "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour"sit aroundbe - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
	3.	sit - take a seatsit downsit, sit down - be seatedchange posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
	4.	sit - be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"convene - meet formally; "The council convened last week"
	5.	sit - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"pose, posture, modelartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"
	6.	sit - sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"ridehorseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horsebackgo, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"override - ride (a horse) too hardride herd - driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them; "Joe was riding herd during the day"outride - ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors"ride horseback - ride on horsebackprance - cause (a horse) to bound spring forwardcanter - ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"gallop, extend - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"ride - sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"
	7.	sit - be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
	8.	sit - work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"baby-sitguard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses"
	9.	sit - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"seat, sit downlay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"sit, sit down - be seatedreseat - show to a different seat; "The usher insisted on reseating us"
	10.	sit - serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury"serve - do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms"

sit

verb1. take a seat, perch, settle down, be seated, take a pew, plant yourself, park yourself, plonk yourself, take the weight off your feet, install yourself, ensconce yourself Eva pulled up a chair and sat beside her husband.2. place, set, put, park, position, rest, lay, settle, deposit, dump, situate, plonk She found her chair and sat it in the usual spot.3. pose, model She was sitting for the artist for 8 hours.4. be member of, serve on, have a seat on, preside on He was asked to sit on numerous committees.5. convene, meet, assemble, officiate, be in session Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52.6. be situated, stand, lie, be placed, be positioned Our new house sat next to a stream.7. babysit, childmind I've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday.sit about or around laze about or around, hang about or around, loaf about or around, loll about or around, lounge about or around, stand about or around, idle about or around She isn't the type to sit around doing nothing.sit in on something attend, watch, observe, be present at Perhaps ministers could sit in on the classes.sit up stay up, stay awake, not go to bed I didn't feel like sitting up all night.

sit

verb1. To assume a particular position, as for a portrait:pose, posture.2. To cause to take a sitting position.Also used with down:seat.phrasal verb
sit on or upon
Informal. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.

Translations

坐坐落开会当...委员摆

sit

(sit) – present participle sitting: past tense, past participle sat (sӕt) – verb1. to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated. He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.坐2. to lie or rest; to have a certain position. The parcel is sitting on the table. 摆，放，坐落 3. (with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc). He sat on several committees.当...委员4. (of birds) to perch. An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.栖息5. to undergo (an examination). 参加（考试） 6. to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken. She is sitting for a portrait/photograph. 摆好姿势，做模特儿 7. (of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session. Parliament sits from now until Christmas.开会ˈsitter noun1. a person who poses for a portrait etc. 被画像或拍照的模特2. a baby-sitter. 临时替人照看孩子的人ˈsitting noun a period of continuous action, meeting etc. I read the whole book at one sitting; The committee were prepared for a lengthy sitting.一段时间ˈsit-in noun an occupation of a building etc by protesters. The students staged a sit-in.静坐抗议ˈsitting-room noun a room used mainly for sitting in. 客厅sitting target, sitting duck someone or something that is in an obvious position to be attacked. If they're reducing staff, he's a sitting target.易受攻击的目标sit back to rest and take no part in an activity. He just sat back and let it all happen.袖手旁观sit down to (cause to) take a seat, take a sitting position. Let's sit down over here; He sat the child down on the floor.就坐sit out1. to remain seated during a dance. Let's sit (this one) out.坐在一旁不参加跳舞2. to remain inactive and wait until the end of. They'll try to sit out the crisis.一直坐到结束sit tight to keep the same position or be unwilling to move or act. The best thing to do is to sit tight and see if things improve.稳坐不动sit up1. to rise to a sitting position. Can the patient sit up?坐起2. to remain awake, not going to bed. I sat up until 3 a.m. waiting for you!熬夜

sit

→ 坐zhCN

May I sit here? (US)
Can I sit here? (UK) → 我可以坐这儿吗？
Is there somewhere I can sit down? → 有能让我坐下来的地方吗？
Where can I sit down? → 我可以坐在哪儿呢？

SIT

Acronym	Definition
SIT➣Situation
SIT➣School for International Training (Brattleboro, VT, USA)
SIT➣Stay in Touch
SIT➣Special Investigation Team (India)
SIT➣Slovenian Tolar (currency code)
SIT➣School Improvement Team
SIT➣School of Information Technology
SIT➣Situate
SIT➣State Income Tax
SIT➣Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album)
SIT➣Sistema Informativo Territoriale
SIT➣Speak in Tongues
SIT➣Situs Inversus Totalis (congenital condition)
SIT➣Stay in Tune (guitar string company)
SIT➣School of Industrial Technology
SIT➣Stevens Institute of Technology
SIT➣Sterile Insect Technique
SIT➣Say It Twice (band)
SIT➣Surveyor in Training
SIT➣Strategic Information Technology
SIT➣Single Ink Technology
SIT➣System Integration Testing
SIT➣Stuff-It
SIT➣System Identification Toolbox (software)
SIT➣Southbank Institute of Technology (Australia)
SIT➣Saitama Institute of Technology (Japan)
SIT➣Science Innovation Technology (various locations)
SIT➣Storage In Transit
SIT➣Suvidya Institute of Technology (India)
SIT➣Social Identity Theory
SIT➣Specific Immunotherapy
SIT➣Système d'Information Territorial (French: Territorial Information System)
SIT➣Safety Improvement Team (various locations)
SIT➣System Integration Test
SIT➣Stress Inoculation Training (psychological approach to stress)
SIT➣Simple Internet Transition
SIT➣Scottish Investment Trust
SIT➣Static Induction Transistor
SIT➣Special Information Tone(s)
SIT➣Slosson Intelligence Test
SIT➣System Integration & Testing
SIT➣Silicon Intensified Target
SIT➣Satellite Interactive Terminal
SIT➣Situation Reporting System
SIT➣Shuttle Interface Test (US NASA)
SIT➣Special Interest Target (US DoD)
SIT➣Stock in Transit
SIT➣Sepang Institute of Technology (Malaysia)
SIT➣System Initialization Table
SIT➣Software/Hardware Integration
SIT➣Sydney Institute of Technology
SIT➣Structured Inventive Thinking
SIT➣Surface Interval Time (SCUBA)
SIT➣Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH)
SIT➣Slayer in Training
SIT➣Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus and Teres minor (muscles)
SIT➣Site Inspection Team
SIT➣System Integration Team
SIT➣Sharjah Institute of Technology
SIT➣Spectrum Information Technologies
SIT➣School Infrastructure Thrift
SIT➣Spontaneous Ignition Temperature
SIT➣Software Integration Test
SIT➣Site Integration Test
SIT➣Stuffit Document (File Name Extension)
SIT➣Sitka, AK, USA - Sitka (airport code)
SIT➣Shift Into Turbo
SIT➣Stationary Infantry Target (US Army training)
SIT➣Safety Injection Tank
SIT➣Sugar Industry Technologists, Inc.
SIT➣Système Intelligent de Transport (French: Intelligent Transpiration System; Canada)
SIT➣Shanghai Institute of Tourism
SIT➣Site Improvement Team
SIT➣Società Italiana Di Tossicologia (Italian: Italian Society of Toxicology)
SIT➣System Implementation Team (NASA)
SIT➣Strategy Implementation Team (CEOS)
SIT➣Squadron Integration Training (US DoD)
SIT➣Swedish Institute of Technology (Helsinki, Sweden)
SIT➣Sample Injection Tube (flow cytometers)
SIT➣Syndicat Interprofessionnel de Travailleuses et Travailleurs - Genève (Switzerland)
SIT➣Strategic Information Technology, Ltd (Whitchurch-stouffville, ON, Canada)
SIT➣Société Industrielle de Transformateurs (French: Industrial Transformer Company)
SIT➣Superintendecia de Telecomunicaciones (Guatemala Central America)
SIT➣Select in Test
SIT➣Spacecraft Interface Test
SIT➣Secondary Instability Theory
SIT➣Satellite Inspector Target
SIT➣Scientific Integrated Test
SIT➣Spaceborne Infrared Tracker
SIT➣Sprint in Touch
SIT➣Systems Interface Test
SIT➣Statement of Inventory Transaction
SIT➣Standard Infiltration Tactics (Tom Clancy)
SIT➣System Interoperability Test
SIT➣Subcarrier Irrespective Threshold
SIT➣Super Intendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Guatemala Central America)
SIT➣Signal Identification Technique

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verb take a seat

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verb place

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verb pose

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verb be member of

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verb convene

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verb be situated

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verb babysit

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phrase sit about or around

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phrase sit in on something

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phrase sit up

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verb to assume a particular position, as for a portrait

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verb to cause to take a sitting position

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phrase sit on: to hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

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verb be seated

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verb be around, often idly or without specific purpose

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verb take a seat

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verb be in session

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verb assume a posture as for artistic purposes

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verb sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

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verb be located or situated somewhere

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verb work or act as a baby-sitter

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verb show to a seat