English Dictionary

sit

IPA（発音記号）

/sɪt/

動詞

連結動詞 自動詞 人物 目的語 合意・取り決め 使役 他動詞 アメリカ英語 オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語 イギリス英語 廃用

(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks. / (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.

日本語の意味

座る - 上半身を垂直に保ち、臀部で体を支える姿勢を取る、またはその姿勢に移行すること。

Please sit with your back straight during the exam.

試験中は背筋を伸ばして座ってください。

意味（1）

(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.

意味（2）

(intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.

I asked him to sit.

意味（3）

(intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.

The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.

意味（4）

(intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

意味（5）

(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

I currently sit on a standards committee.

意味（6）

(law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.

意味（7）

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

The calamity sits heavy on us.

意味（8）

To be adjusted; to fit.

Your new coat sits well.

意味（9）

(intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

How will this new contract sit with the workers?

意味（10）

(transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.

意味（11）

(transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.

The dining room table sits eight comfortably.

意味（12）

(US, transitive, intransitive) To babysit.

I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.

意味（13）

(transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

意味（14）

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.

意味（15）

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

I'm sitting for a painter this evening.

意味（16）

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits

意味（17）

(obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Louisa, who […] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, could sit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room.

sits （ present singular third-person ）

sitting （ participle present ）

sat （ past ）

sate （ dated past poetic ）

sat （ participle past ）

sitten （ archaic dialectal participle past ）

（ table-tags ）

en-conj-simple （ inflection-template ）

sit （ infinitive ）