sitar
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concerning it #|J£; IRjEE; If&jli: They have been sitting on my
application for a month now. fMljEElfffeEFJfFi#^ fyff—7F] 7« .sit
sth^'out 1 to stay in a place and wait for sth unpleasant or
boring to finish III£%
X: .ffefij We
sat out the storm in a cafe. {HX
Mio 2 to not
take part in a dance, game or other activity If , ) 'sit through sth to stay until the
end
of a performance, speech, meeting, etc. that you think
is boring or too long *k?ij ( (If
iff, £1X4 )
We had. to sit through nearly two hours of speeches. $cf|]
.Sit 'up 1 to
be or move yourself into a sitting position, rather
than lying down or leaning back ^^ ^
M : Sit up
straight—don’t slouch. ^ Jjj.J tjtj-
?/] 2
to
not go to bed until later than usual !£$); i£B§: We
sat up half the night, talking. &ff\\fc3\T ®» s‘t UP
(and do sth) (informal) to
start to pay careful attention to what is happening, being said, etc. A i± X*
A; WM jfSAi The
proposal had made his clients sit up and take notice. ftfeW±Mfn&
move sb into a sitting position after they have been
lying down AXSfiX
SYNONYMS
sit
sit down ♦ be seated ♦ take a seat ♦
perch
These words all mean to rest your weight
on your bottom with your back upright, for example on a chair.
sit to rest your weight on your bottom with your back upright, for example
on a chair May I sit here?
o Sit still, will you! XlffjAA ilUit* Sit is usually used with an adverb or prepositional phrase
to show where or how sb sits, but sometimes another phrase or clause is used to
show what sb does while they are sitting. * sit M'SAr
mu
mmmiEimm: we
sat talking for hours. Fcf|]X|fij&7
fbf-jl'NFN'o You sit on a chair with a straight back and no arms and you also
sit on a sofa; you sit in an armchair.
Wft7W*tff±»'^±lsiton; sit inc
sit down/sit yourself down to move from a standing position to a sitting position MS:
Please sit down. ❖ Come in and sit yourselves
down.
be seated (formal) to be sitting #f_7fr: She was seated at the head of the table. FilfJ ir.Mo
Be seated is often used as a formal way of inviting sb to sit down. * be
seated >Jift: AWtfiit* Please be seated. ifM® 0
take
a seat to
sit down fcH ITbTil Take a
seat is used especially as a polite way of
inviting sb to sit down. * take a seat XftitAfcJlWfLMi#:
Please take a seat. i|X0
perch (rather informal) to sit on sth, especially on the edge of sth - - She
perched herself on the edge of
the bed. Itffe777lf> ho GDEH1 Perch is always used with an adverb or prepositional phrase to show where sb
is perching.
* perch
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
■
to sit/sit down/be
seated/take a seat/perch on sth
■
to sit/sit down/be
seated/take a seat in sth
■
to sit/sit down/be
seated/take a seat/perch beside/ opposite/next to sb/sth
■
to sit yourself
down somewhere
to ask sb to sit/sit down/be seated/take a seat
GRAMMAR POINT if >£$08
sit
You can use on, in and at with sit. You sit on a chair, a
step, the edge of the table, etc. You sit in an armchair.
If you are sitting
at a table, desk, etc. you are sitting in a
chair close to it, usually so that you can eat a meal, do some work, etc. * sit
pj-b; on, in fil at tHFt. siton;
fflsitin; mm-T. Xfi^fflsitat,
sitar /si'tai(r); 'sitai(r)/ noun a musical instrument from
S Asia like a guitar, with a long
neck and two sets of metal strings 0 ® 7 I M ISIi M X fife & X » ) — picture o page Rio
sit-com 'sitkDm; NAmE -ka:m/ (also formal .situation 'comedy) noun [C, U] a regular
programme on television that shows the same characters in different amusing
situations ft
'sit-down noun [sing.] (BrE, informal) a rest while sitting in
a chair XT I need
a cup of tea and
a sit-down.
FA- ► 'sit-down adj. [only
before
noun]: a sit-down protest (= in which people sit
down to block a road or the entrance to a building until people listen to their
demands) X it 0 a sit-down meal for 50 wedding guests (= served to people
sitting at tables) X 50 fv#feP if fyltt 7 Xfl X 75^0
site
Otw /salt/ noun, verb
■
noun 1 a place where a building,
town, etc. was, is or will be located ( ^
fl-J ) i&A,, fvE,
X^fe:
the site of a sixteenth century abbey TX tfl;
0 to work on a building/construction
site ttil^CXfifeXfF 0 A site
has been chosen for the new school. 6 o All the materials
are on
site so that work can
start immediately. fefrWFtfftPBls JftXitfe, FTlUjLgp?fXo 2a place where sth has
happened or that is used for sth Xffeitfe;
the site of the battle WM <> an archaeological
site if] 0 a camping/caravan site
'7#
ftfe ; fife Fr 7 f¥ 7 X, o note at place 3 (computing if) a place on the
Internet where a company, an organization, a university, etc. puts information
M ; 7 — see also
MIRROR SITE, WEBSITE
a
verb [VN +
adv./prep.] [often passive] to build or place sth in a particular
position ; X■ ■
■ : There was
a meeting to discuss the siting of the new school. B JF^ o The
castle is magnificently sited
high up on a cliff.
’sit-in noun a protest in which a
group of workers, students, etc. refuse to leave their factory, college, etc.
until people listen to their demands ( I)
#
tohold/stageasit-in
sit-ter /*sita(r)/ noun 1 a person who sits or
stands somewhere so that sb can paint a picture of them or photograph them H ^
^ ii A lj ft ( WL 7 M ) PfJ A 2 (especially NAmE) =
babysitter 3 (BrE,
informal) (in football (soccer) 7 an easy chance to score a goal
sit-ting /'sitir)/ noun 1 a period of time
during which a court or a parliament deals with its business (lk ^
£:iX, JFE (
Iflia] () 2 a time when a meal is served in a hotel,
etc. to a number of people at the same time ( )"—Jtt,
& ( ) :
A hundred people can be served at one sitting (=
at the same time). ^IWIN'f^—IXAflllo 3 a period of time that a
person spends sitting and doing an activity — A ( ^ IHS ^ (ft 0f|B] ) : I read
the book in one sitting. &
I 4t. A— P H H AS pp 7 4$ Jf
% J c 4 a period of time when sb
sits or stands to have their picture painted or be photographed ( ^ it A m ft h M W A
( Hid] )
,sitting 'duck (also .sitting target) noun a person or thing that
is easy to attack |§ ; 4§ IS A 7 W @ Fp
'sitting room noun (BrE) =
living room
.sitting 'tenant noun (BrE) a person who is living
in a rented house or flat and who has the legal right to stay there (