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单词 sit down
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sit-downadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˈsɪt.daʊn/us/ˈsɪt.daʊn/

sit-down adjective [ before noun ] (MEAL)

A sit-down meal is served to people who are sitting at a table:

We're having a sit-down meal at our wedding, rather than a buffet.

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Sitting and standing

  • akimbo
  • astride
  • attention
  • bestride
  • cross-legged
  • crouch
  • four
  • pew
  • plop
  • plump (sb/sth) down
  • rampant
  • seated
  • seating
  • sit sth out
  • stand
  • stand round
  • strike
  • take a pew! idiom
  • take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
  • weight

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Meals & parts of meals

sit-down adjective [ before noun ] (REFUSE TO WORK)

A sit-down strike or protest is one in which people refuse to leave a place until their demands are listened to:

The workers are holding a sit-down strike.

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Industrial action

  • abstain
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • direct action
  • job action
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • lock sb out
  • lockout
  • pay claim
  • picket
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • sympathy
  • walk
  • walk out
  • walkout
  • wildcat strike

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sit-downnoun [ S ]

uk/ˌsɪtˈdaʊn/us/ˌsɪtˈdaʊn/

sit-down noun [ S ] (REST)

UK informal a short period of sitting in order to rest:

You look tired. Why don't you come and have a sit-down for a few minutes.

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Passive and not working

  • anywhere
  • arse about/around
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • bum
  • bum around
  • float
  • idle
  • laze
  • leave sb be idiom
  • lie around
  • moribund
  • not get/go anywhere idiom
  • passive
  • recharge
  • slob around (sth)
  • slop around (sth)
  • stew
  • take five idiom
  • torpid

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sit-down noun [ S ] (TALK)

US an occasion when you sit down and talk seriously with someone:

Have a sit-down with her and tell her what the problem is.
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