单词 | sit-in |
释义 | sit-in /sit"in'/, n. 1. an organized passive protest, esp. against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places. 2. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office. 3. See sit-down strike. [1955-60; n. use of v. phrase sit in (a place); cf. -IN] |
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