| 单词 | sit |
| 释义 | sit (once / 16 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v WORD FAMILY sit: sat, sits, sitter, sitting+/sitter: sitters/sitting: sittings USAGE EXAMPLESAt that point, Mr. Trump, otherwise expansive and genial, sat with narrowed eyes and pursed lips, like a schoolboy who’d just been lectured. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) The next week, you drop those and try a few things you do while sitting down. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) I shiver in my paper gown, sitting near a table with glossy magazines. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v take a seat Syn|Ant|Hyper sit down sit down be seated arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise rise to one's feet change posture undergo a change in bodily posture 2v be seated Syn|Ant|Hypo sit down seat, sit down show to a seat; assign a seat for sit downtake a seat stand, stand up be standing; be upright liebe lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position place upright, stand, stand upput into an upright position lie, lie downassume a reclining position lounge sit or recline comfortably sprawlsit or lie with one's limbs spread out perch, rest, roostsit, as on a branch crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squatsit on one's heels spread-eaglestand with arms and legs spread out 3v show to a seat; assign a seat for Syn|Hypo|Hyper seat, sit down sit down be seated reseat show to a different seat lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 4v assume a posture as for artistic purposes Syn|Hypo|Hyper model, pose, posture ramp be rampant display, exhibit, expose to show, make visible or apparent 5v sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions 2She never sat a horse! Syn|Hypo|Hyper ride ride sit on and control a vehicle override ride (a horse) too hard ride herddriving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them outrideride better, faster, or further than ride horsebackride on horseback prancecause (a horse) to bound spring forward canterride at a cantering pace extend, gallopcause to move at full gallop pranceride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward canterride at a canter gallopride at a galloping pace postride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait trotride at a trot go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 1v be located or situated somewhere The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue Hyper be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 2v be around, often idly or without specific purpose 3The object sat in the corner We sat around chatting for another hour Syn|Hyper sit around be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 1v serve in a specific professional capacity the priest sat for confession she sat on the jury Hyper serve do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function 2v work or act as a baby-sitter 4Syn|Hyper baby-sit guard to keep watch over v be in session When does the court of law sit? Hyper convene meet formally |
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