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单词 sit
释义

sit

See also: SIT, Sit, sít, šit, -sít, -šit, síť, šít, şıt, and шит

Translingual

Symbol

sit

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Sino-Tibetan languages.

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĭt, IPA(key): /sɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

Verb

sit (third-person singular simple present sits, present participle sitting, simple past sat or (dated, poetic) sate, past participle sat or (archaic, dialectal) sitten)

A painting of a man sitting.
  1. (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
    • 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː
      He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.
    • 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Eighth Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], OCLC 1049092723; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Idea the Shepheards Garland, [London: Privately printed], 1870, OCLC 1230869372, page 64:
      This were as good as curds for our Jone, / When at a night we ſitten by the fire.
    After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
  2. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
    I asked him to sit.
  3. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
    The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
    Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      The Yellow Sea sits between the Korean Peninsula and China.
      Audio (US)(file)
  4. (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 32:6:
      And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:
      Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
  5. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
    I currently sit on a standards committee.
  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.
  7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
      The calamity sits heavy on us.
  8. To be adjusted; to fit.
    Your new coat sits well.
    • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:
      This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.
  9. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
    How will this new contract sit with the workers?
    I don’t think it will sit well.
    The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
  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.
  11. (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
    The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
    • 1899, James Thomson, “The City of Dreadful Night”, in The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, sat%20me%20weary%20on%20a%20pillar's%20base%2C%20%2F%20And%20leaned%20against%20the%20shaft%22&f=false page 43:
      I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft
  12. (US, transitive, intransitive) To babysit.
    I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
    I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
    • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:
      I saw […] Mrs. Turman, who sometimes sat Billy when Steff and I went out […]
  13. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
  14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Jeremiah 17:11:
      The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
  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.
  16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
    • 1689, John Selden, Table Talk
      like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits
    • 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], OCLC 742335644:
      Sits the wind in that quarter?
  17. (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with. [13th–19th c.]
    • 1790, Amelia Opie, Dangers of Coquetry, vol. I, ch. 5:
      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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sit
infinitive(to) sit
present tensepast tense
1st-person singular sit sat, sate (dated, poetic)
2nd-person singular sat, sate (dated, poetic), sattest†
3rd-person singular sits sat, sate (dated, poetic)
plural sit
subjunctive sit sat, sate (dated, poetic)
imperative sit —
participles sitting sat, sitten (archaic, dialectal)
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:sit.
Synonyms
  • (be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported): be seated
  • (move oneself into such a position): be seated, sit down (from a standing position), sit up (from a prone position), take a seat
  • (of an object: occupy a given position permanently): be, be found, be situated
  • (be a member of a deliberative body):
  • (be accepted): be accepted, be welcomed, be well received
  • (to accommodate in seats): seat
Derived terms
Terms derived from sit (verb)
  • besit
  • sit around
  • sit back
  • sit by
  • sit down
  • sit for
  • sit idly by
  • sit in
  • sit-in
  • sit-inner
  • sit in for
  • sit in on
  • sit on
  • sit on one's ass
  • sit one's ass down
  • sit out
  • sit shiva
  • sit through
  • sit tight
  • sit up
  • sit up with
  • sittable
  • unsittable
Translations
of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
move oneself into such a position — see sit down
to be a member of a deliberative body
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See also
Terms combined with the verb to sit
  • sit around
  • sit back
  • sit by
  • sit down
  • sit-in
  • sit on it, sit on it and rotate, sit on it and rotate till it bleeds
  • sit on one's hands
  • sit on the fence
  • sit out
  • sit pretty
  • sit through
  • sit tight
  • sit under
  • sit up
  • sit-upon

Noun

sit (plural sits)

  1. (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
  2. (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
Translations

Noun

sit (plural sits)

  1. (informal) Short for situation.
    • 2012, Gail Shisler, For Country and Corps: The Life of General Oliver P. Smith:
      The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare. […] In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse; need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to evacuate.”
  • sitrep

Multiple parts of speech

sit

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of situation and related forms of that word (situational, situationally, etc.)

Anagrams

  • 'its, 'tis, -ist, IST, ITS, Ist, STI, TIS, TIs, is't, ist, it's, its, tis

Afrikaans

Etymology

Formally from Dutch zitten (“to sit”), from Frankish *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną. Semantically from a merger of the former and related Dutch zetten (“to set, put”), from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, whence also Afrikaans set (chiefly in compounds). Both Germanic verbs are eventually from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sət/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

sit (present sit, present participle sittende, past participle gesit)

  1. (intransitive) to sit; to be in a sitting position (usually used with op, binne or in)
    Sy sit en sein vir haar dogtertjie.
    She is sitting and gesturing to her young daughter.
  2. (intransitive) to sit; to sit down to move into a sitting position
    Sit asseblief.
    Please sit down.
  3. (transitive) to place, to put
    Ek sit jou sleutels op die tafel.
    I am putting your keys on the table.
  4. (transitive) to deposit
    Ek gaan al my geld in die bank sit.
    I am going to deposit all my money in the bank.

Usage notes

  • Sit and its derivatives are usually more commonly used than plaas for their overlapping senses, but are sometimes considered less formal than plaas, especially in formal writing.

Synonyms

  • (to deposit): deponeer, plaas
  • (to place): neersit, plaas

Derived terms

  • afsit
  • besit
  • neersit
  • opsit
  • sitplek
  • beset

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsit/

Noun

sit m (plural sits)

  1. bunting (bird of the genus Emberiza)

Derived terms

  • sita golanegre
  • sit blanc
  • sit pintat

Further reading

  • “sit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Pronoun

sit n (common sin, plural sine)

  1. (reflexive possessive) third-person sg pronoun, meaning his/her/its (own)

See also

Danish personal pronouns
NumberPersonTypeNominativeObliquePossessive
commonneuterplural
SingularFirst–jegmigminmitmine
Secondmodern / informaldudigdinditdine
formalDeDemDeres
Thirdmasculine (person)hanhamhans
feminine (person)hunhendehendes
common(noun)dendens
neuter(noun)detdets
reflexive–sigsinsitsine
PluralFirstmodernviosvores
archaic / formalvorvortvore
Second–Ijerjeres
Third–dedemderes
reflexive–sig

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsit/, [ˈs̠it̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification(key): sit

Adverb

sit

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of sitten

Gothic

Romanization

sit

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍄

Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsit/, [ˈs̠id]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsit/, [ˈʃid̥]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Hyphenation: sit

Adverb

sit

  1. Alternative form of siit
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
      Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä.
      This is the Savimäki village and then there is also the Hammala village.

References

  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 35

Karelian

Etymology

Related to Veps sid'.

Adverb

sit

  1. here

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sit/, [s̠ɪt̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sit/, [sit̪]

Verb

sit

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of sum (be)
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:23
      Sit nomen tuum Deus Israhel benedictum in saecula. (Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever.)

References

  • sit in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Verb

sit

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of sist
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of sist
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of sist
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of sist
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of sist
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of sist

Livvi

Etymology

Compare the colloquial and dialectal Finnish "sit" (the standard form of which is sitten).

Adverb

sit

  1. then
  2. when

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “sit”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, ISSN 1796-041X

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sit

  1. present tense of sitja, sitta
  2. imperative of sitja

Old Norse

Verb

sit

  1. inflection of sitja:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕit/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: sit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Noun

sit m inan

  1. any rush of the genus Juncus
Declension
Declension of sit
singularplural
nominativesitsity
genitivesitusitów
dativesitowisitom
accusativesitsity
instrumentalsitemsitami
locativesiciesitach
vocativesiciesity

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sit n

  1. genitive plural of sito

Further reading

  • sit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French site or English site.

Noun

sit n (plural situri)

  1. picturesque landscape
  2. site of a city
  3. archeological site
  4. (Internet) website
    Synonym: site

Declension

Declension of sit
singularplural
indefinite articulationdefinite articulationindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(un) sitsitul(niște) siturisiturile
genitive/dative(unui) sitsitului(unor) siturisiturilor
vocativesitulesiturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *sytъ (“satiated, full”).

Adjective

sȉt (definite sȉtī, comparative sitiji, Cyrillic spelling си̏т)

  1. sated, full
    Antonyms: gladan, (Croatia) lačan
Declension
positive indefinite forms
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesitsitasito
genitivesitasitesita
dativesitusitojsitu
accusativeinanimate
animate		sit
sita		situsito
vocativesitsitasito
locativesitusitojsitu
instrumentalsitimsitomsitim
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesitisitesita
genitivesitihsitihsitih
dativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
accusativesitesitesita
vocativesitisitesita
locativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
instrumentalsitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
positive definite forms
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesitisitasito
genitivesitog(a)sitesitog(a)
dativesitom(u/e)sitojsitom(u/e)
accusativeinanimate
animate		siti
sitog(a)		situsito
vocativesitisitasito
locativesitom(e/u)sitojsitom(e/u)
instrumentalsitimsitomsitim
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesitisitesita
genitivesitihsitihsitih
dativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
accusativesitesitesita
vocativesitisitesita
locativesitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
instrumentalsitim(a)sitim(a)sitim(a)
comparative forms
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesitijisitijasitije
genitivesitijeg(a)sitijesitijeg(a)
dativesitijem(u)sitijojsitijem(u)
accusativeinanimate
animate		sitiji
sitijeg(a)		sitijusitije
vocativesitijisitijasitije
locativesitijem(u)sitijojsitijem(u)
instrumentalsitijimsitijomsitijim
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesitijisitijesitija
genitivesitijihsitijihsitijih
dativesitijim(a)sitijim(a)sitijim(a)
accusativesitijesitijesitija
vocativesitijisitijesitija
locativesitijim(a)sitijim(a)sitijim(a)
instrumentalsitijim(a)sitijim(a)sitijim(a)
superlative forms
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenajsitijinajsitijanajsitije
genitivenajsitijeg(a)najsitijenajsitijeg(a)
dativenajsitijem(u)najsitijojnajsitijem(u)
accusativeinanimate
animate		najsitiji
najsitijeg(a)		najsitijunajsitije
vocativenajsitijinajsitijanajsitije
locativenajsitijem(u)najsitijojnajsitijem(u)
instrumentalnajsitijimnajsitijomnajsitijim
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenajsitijinajsitijenajsitija
genitivenajsitijihnajsitijihnajsitijih
dativenajsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)
accusativenajsitijenajsitijenajsitija
vocativenajsitijinajsitijenajsitija
locativenajsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)
instrumentalnajsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)najsitijim(a)

Further reading

  • “sit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Alternative forms

  • sìta/ sȉta, sìtina/ sȉtina, sìtāk, sìtīk (more means Scirpus)

Noun

sȋt m (Cyrillic spelling си̑т)

  1. rush (genus Juncus)
Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “sit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *sytъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sít/

Adjective

sȉt (comparative bȍlj sȉt, superlative nȁjbolj sȉt)

  1. sated, full

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Alternative forms

  • site, sȋtje, sitína

Noun

sȋt m inan

  1. rush (genus Juncus)

Further reading

  • “sit”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Southern Ohlone

Noun

sit

  1. tooth

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English shit.

Noun

sit

  1. (vulgar) faeces, shit.

Derived terms

  • sithaus

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta, from Proto-Uralic *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta.

Noun

sit

  1. shit
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