sits

英 [sɪts]

美 [sɪts]

v.  坐; 使坐; 使就座; 处在; 坐落在; 被放在
sit的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 坐
  If youare sittingsomewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright.
  1. Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen...
     妈妈坐在厨房里的椅子上。
  2. They sat there in shock and disbelief...
     他们吃惊地坐在那里，不敢相信这是真的。
  3. They had been sitting watching television...
     他们一直坐在那里看电视。
  4. He was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes.
     他连几分钟都坐不住。
• VERB 就座;坐下
  When yousitsomewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something.
  1. He set the cases against a wall and sat on them...
     他把箱子靠墙放好，然后坐在上面。
  2. Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband...
     伊娃拽过一把椅子，坐到丈夫的身边。
  3. When you stand, they stand; when you sit, they sit.
     你站着他们就站着，你坐下他们就坐下。
  4. Sit downmeans the same assit.
     sit down 同 sit
  5. I sat down, stunned...
     我坐了下来，呆若木鸡。
  6. Hughes beckoned him to sit down on the sofa.
     休斯示意他在沙发上坐下。
• VERB 使坐下;使就座
  If yousitsomeone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position.
  1. He used to sit me on his lap...
     他过去常常让我坐在他的腿上。
  2. He'll sit you in front of his computer and give you a glimpse of the problem.
     他会让你坐到电脑前，大致了解一下这个问题。
  3. Tositsomeonedownsomewhere means tositthem there.
     使坐下;使就座
  4. She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock...
     她把他从水里拉出来，让他坐在岩石上。
  5. They sat me down and had a serious discussion about sex.
     他们让我坐下，然后和我严肃地探讨了有关性的话题。
• VERB 坐着让人画像(或照相)
  If yousit foran artist or photographer, you place yourself in a sitting position so you can be painted or photographed.
  1. A person may well have been sitting for the artist for eight hours at a stretch.
     为了让画家给自己画像，一个人很有可能连续坐上 8 个钟头。
• VERB 参加(考试)
  If yousitan examination, you do it.
  1. June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams.
     6 月和 7 月是传统的考试月份。

in AM, use 美国英语用 take


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• VERB 作为…的成员
  If yousit ona committee or other official group, you are a member of it.
  1. He was asked to sit on numerous committees...
     他受邀担任过许多委员会的委员。
  2. I know of no professional person who has ever sat on a jury...
     据我所知，陪审团的成员中从未有过专业人员。
  3. The party's three MPs will continue to sit in parliament.
     这个党派有 3 名议员会继续在议会任职。
• VERB (议会)开会;(法院)开庭
  When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official bodysits, it officially carries out its work.
  1. Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52...
     在一年 52 周当中只有 28 周是议会开会的时间。
  2. The court would sit all night.
     法庭将要通宵庭审。
• VERB 位于;坐落在
  If a building or objectsitsin a particular place, it is in that place.
  1. Our new house sat next to a stream...
     我们的新房子坐落在一条小溪旁。
  2. On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles.
     桌上有一只用珠子串成的小三角形作装饰的盒子。
• VERB 代人临时照看小孩;当临时保姆
  Tosit forsomeone means the same as tobabysitfor them.
  1. I've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday.
     我已经拜托妈妈下周六为我们临时照看一下孩子。
• See also:sitting
• 你留在这儿别动，我马上就回来。 → see:Sit tight. I'll be right back...

双语例句

• She sits at home all day, watching TV and feeling useless.
  她整天坐在家里，看着电视，觉得自己一无是处。
• The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.
  雌鸟伏在蛋上直到其孵化。
• The coat sits well on you.
  那件外衣你穿着很合身。
• A lady always sits quietly with her hands in her lap.
  淑女端坐时总是双手放在膝上，不发一言。
• The village sits on the side of a hill.
  村庄位于山腰上。
• The old stone cattle trough still sits by the main entrance.
  陈旧的石制牛食槽仍然放在大门口。
• The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
  现如今，工人通常都是坐在一排仪表前。
• Because the town sits in a valley, air pollution is not easily dispersed.
  因为小镇坐落在山谷中，空气污染不太容易散去。
• Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.
  她一坐起身来就感到天旋地转。
• The dress sits loosely on her.
  这身衣服她穿着太旷了。