English Dictionary

sitting

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɪtɪŋ/

名詞

A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose. / A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller. / A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.

日本語の意味

ある特定の目的のために座っている期間 / 霊媒師や占い師との降霊会、またはそのセッション / 教会などで座席保持者に割り当てられた特別な座席

During the sitting, the committee reviewed each candidate's application carefully.

会議の間、委員会は各候補者の応募書類を慎重に審査した。

意味（1）

A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.

Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.

意味（2）

A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.

It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it. You think him genuine? Atkinson shrugged his shoulders.

意味（3）

A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.

意味（4）

The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.

意味（5）

A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").

意味（6）

The incubation of eggs by a bird.

意味（7）

A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.

we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs

意味（8）

Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

sittings （ plural ）