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单词 sitting
释义 sitting
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of sitten to sit
1. : an act of one that sits; especially : a single occasion of continuous sitting
 < read a book at one sitting >
 < finished the portrait in three sittings >
 < turkey supper at the church … with sittings at 5:30 and 6:30 — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
2.
 a. : a brooding over or time or season for brooding over eggs for hatching
 b. : setting 10
3. : the actual presence or meeting of a body of persons in their seats with authority to transact business : session
 < a sitting of a court >
 < sitting of the legislature >
— often used in plural
4. : a space occupied by or allotted for one person (as in a church or theater)
 < a space of 18 in. in the length of the pew is considered a sitting — J.H.Frank >
5. : séance b
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of sitten to sit
1. : that is setting
 < sitting hen >
2. : occupying a judicial or legislative seat : being in office
 < the first business of any sitting politician is, naturally, to be reelected — W.S.White >
3. Britain : being in occupancy : holding tenancy
 < prices to sitting tenants are often very favorable — advt >
4. : easily hit or played
 < sitting target >
 < sitting game in spades >
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