sitting

英 [ˈsɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈsɪtɪŋ]

n.  (法院或议会的)开会，会议，开庭(期间); (饭店等)一批，一次(顾客就餐时间); 一次(坐着活动的时间)
v.  坐; 使坐; 使就座; 处在; 坐落在; 被放在
sit的现在分词

复数：sittings　现在分词：sitting　

BNC.5951 / COCA.7512

牛津词典

noun

• （法院或议会的）开会，会议，开庭（期间）
  a period of time during which a court or a parliament deals with its business
• （饭店等）一批，一次（顾客就餐时间）
  a time when a meal is served in a hotel, etc. to a number of people at the same time
  1. A hundred people can be served at one sitting (= at the same time) .
     可同时供一百人就餐。
• 一次（坐着活动的时间）
  a period of time that a person spends sitting and doing an activity
  1. I read the book in one sitting .
     我坐下来一口气就把那本书看完了。
• （摆姿势让人画像或拍照的）一次（时间）
  a period of time when sb sits or stands to have their picture painted or be photographed

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (因场地限制而分批用餐的)一批，一轮
  Asittingis one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
  1. Dinner was in two sittings.
     分两批吃晚饭。
• N-COUNT 召开会议;举行例会
  A sittingof a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work.
  1. ...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.
     联合国安全理事会最近召开的几次紧急会议
• ADJ (总统或议员)现任的，在任期内的
  Asittingpresident or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one.
  1. ...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.
     在我们的历史上发生的现任总统与前任总统之间最为严重的一次冲突
• See also:sit
• PHRASE 处于优越地位;处于优势
  If you aresitting pretty, you are in a very favourable situation.
  1. If we'd let them buy it for a quarter of a million, we'd be sitting pretty by now.
     要是当初我们让他以 25 万的价钱买下来的话，我们现在就会处于上风了。

英英释义

noun

• the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
  1. he read the mystery at one sitting
• (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
  1. he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting
  Synonym:posing
• a session as of a legislature or court
• a meeting of spiritualists
  1. the seance was held in the medium's parlor
  Synonym:seancesession

adj

• (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
  1. the seated Madonna
  2. the audience remained seated
  Synonym:seated
• not moving and therefore easy to attack
  1. a sitting target

双语例句

• As I was sitting down to supper, the telephone just rang.
  正当我坐下来吃晚饭时，偏偏电话来了。
• Downstairs are two small rooms: a kitchen and a sitting room
  楼下是两个小房间：一个厨房和一个起居室。
• This is our kitchen, sitting and dining room all rolled into one.
  这既是我们的厨房，又是客厅和餐厅。
• We were sitting on stools at the counter having coffee.
  我们坐在柜台边的凳子上喝着咖啡。
• He closed his eyes to put a stop to all distracting thoughts, sitting there quietly and peacefully.
  他闭了眼睛，息了杂念，平心静气地坐着。
• I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.
  我注意到他已经不再坐在门边了。
• I saw her sitting at a window table, bathed in sunlight.
  我看见她坐在靠窗的桌旁，沐浴在阳光中。
• In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet
  在最大那间房里，地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。
• He had been sitting on the document for at least two months.
  他已经将这份文件压了至少两个月。
• She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.
  她坐在扶手椅中，身上裹着毯子。