early 13c., verbal noun from sit (v.). Meaning "a meeting of a body" is from c. 1400. Meaning "interval during which one sits" (for some purpose, especially to have one's portrait taken) is from 1706. Sitting-room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; literal sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one).
雙語例句
1. When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.
坐立時，把胳膊肘靠在扶手上。
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2. She had been sitting with her knitting at her fourth-floor window.
她那時正坐在5樓的窗前織東西。
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3. When Eleanor returned, I was still sitting glumly on the settee.
埃莉諾回來的時候，我還悶悶不樂地坐在長沙發上。
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4. A little girl was sitting on the step of the end house.
一個小女孩正坐在最頂頭那幢房子門前的平台上。
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5. A few days after his collapse he was sitting up in bed.