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单词 sit in
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to sit in
to sit in
I. Senses involving being present at, taking part in, or observing an activity.
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a. intransitive. To take part in an activity, esp. a card game. Frequently with on; also with at.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > play (a game) [verb (transitive)]
playeOE
to sit in1601
shoot1926
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with > take part in
leadOE
to take partc1384
to sit in1601
enter1603
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. iii. sig. H Prophecies? wee cannot all sit in at them; we shall make a confusion. View more context for this quotation
1691 G. Miege New State Eng. iii. vi. 63 These Judges, and those of the two former Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, make up the Number of Twelve; who all sit in on their Tribunals in Robes, and square Caps.
1868 S. Hale Let. 5 Jan. (1919) ii. 44 Before we got to lunch two Englishmen sot in.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xii. 179 When one was frozen out another sat in and took his place.
1962 D. Francis Dead Cert ii. 19 I took ten of Henry's chips and sat in with them. Joan dealt.
1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder viii. 102 You weren't invited to sit in on this deal, but you elected to take a hand.
2011 Daily Disp. (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 16 June Invite someone to sit in on the [video] game as the second player.
b. intransitive. Originally U.S. To join in playing or singing with a jazz band or other musical ensemble of which one is not a regular member. Also with with.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > join in with
to sit in1936
1936 Delineator Nov. 102/ Those on the drawn-up chairs are sitting in; they have dropped in with their instruments to jam.
1937 New Republic 24 Nov. 69/2 Jess saw Bix Beiderbecke and sat in with him later.
1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop i. 8 On these occasions Kansas Fields or Jack Parker might sit in on drums.
1965 G. Melly Owning-up vii. 75 Buying a barrel of cider for the musicians who came along to sit in.
2016 Las Cruces (New Mexico) Sun-News (Nexis) 7 July t10 Any musician can sit in on the sessions.
2. intransitive. With to. To begin in earnest to do something; to apply oneself to. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously
to sit in1736
strap1823
to get down1826
tackle1841
to buckle down (to)1865
to bite on1904
to wade into1904
to get stuck into1910
to get one's teeth into1935
to sink one's teeth into1935
to get stuck in1938
to get to grips with1947
1736 W. R. Chetwood Voy. W. O. G. Vaughan I. 101 When our Business was over, we sat in to Drinking.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. xiii. 298 The Squire sat in to his Cups. View more context for this quotation
1860 E. Epps Living among Dead xii. 154 They sat in to their game, while the others talked.
a1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 5 Sopped up some gin, sat in to the cork game.
3. intransitive. to sit in for: to carry out temporarily the duties or obligations of (another person). Cf. to stand in 7 at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as delegate or deputy [verb (intransitive)] > temporarily
to sit in for1915
to hold the fort1936
1915 Washington Post 14 Sept. 6/5 (header) Woman mayor of big city. ‘Sits in’ for Chief Magistrate of Los Angeles during latter's absence.
1963 ‘C. Keene’ Nancy's Mysterious Let. (rev. ed.) xix. 61 Say, how about sitting in for me, Nancy, in my Shakespeare class? You might pull an A for me.
1992 Washington Post 23 Mar. d10/1 Larson sat in for Katie Couric recently on the morning show and did well.
2011 M. Brown in Animal Res. in Global Environment, Proc. 2008​ Internat. Workshop (National Res. Council (U.S.)) 67 Unfortunately, I have to leave after my talk; Sari has agreed to sit in for me in the panel this afternoon.
4. intransitive. To attend an event or occasion as a spectator or observer. Usually with on; also with at.
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the world > space > place > presence > be present at [verb (transitive)] > be present at (a proceeding or meeting)
tend1460
to make one1542
frequent1555
assist1603
attend1646
to sit in1919
1919 C. S. Parker Amer. Idyll ii. ii, in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 501/1 I sat in on a meeting of the Building-Trades Board.
1945 A. Huxley Time must have Stop (new ed.) viii. 91 Paul De Vries had already sat in at a number of the old lady's séances.
1962 ‘S. Ransome’ Without Trace iii. 31 ‘He has something to talk over with me.’.. ‘Would he mind if I sat in?’
1967 Daily Tel. 15 May 9/4 To sit in at a play of this sort is to realise quite soon that you are being asked a riddle.
1977 Spare Rib July 17/1 If you sat in on some of the interviews I've been through you'd know.
2016 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 12 Dec. 13 c They got to see us practice and how we coach, and sit in on meetings, and so they get to see everything.
5. intransitive. To cooperate; to collaborate. Also with with, on.Only in P. G. Wodehouse.
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society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate with [verb (transitive)]
coadjuvate1601
rally1706
to work in1875
to sit in1925
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Sam the Sudden xiii. 96 Do you mean to say..that if Soapy was sitting in with the Archbishop of Canterbury on a plan for skinning a sucker, the archbish wouldn't split Even Stephen?
1937 P. G. Wodehouse Lord Emsworth & Others ii. 96 Can I count on your co-operation?.. Sit in, and I shall be able to marry the girl I adore. Refuse to do your bit, and I drift through the remainder of my life a soured, blighted bachelor.
a1975 P. G. Wodehouse Sunset at Blandings (1977) xi. 77 Jeff refused to sit in on your chuckleheaded idea of eloping for a very good reason.
II. Other senses.
6. intransitive. English regional (northern). To adhere (see quot. 1828). Cf. main sense 29. Obsolete.
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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word)Sit in’, to adhere, as any extraneous matter does in a recent wound.
7. intransitive. Originally U.S. To occupy a building as a demonstration of protest. Cf. sit-in adj. and n.Frequently hyphenated.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > be militant [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate or protest > specific
to sit down1936
to sit in1937
sit1959
to take a (also the) knee1960
1937 N.Y. Times 12 May 10/5 (headline) 1,700 Philadelphia workers sit in or walk out—ask recognition of unions.
1961 Look 25 Apr. 46/2 Negroes who picket, sit-in, crowd our jails, advance on white schools and otherwise approach prevailing privilege.
2007 W. C. Hogan Many Minds, One Heart iii. 68 On 22 November the students sat-in at the white waiting room of the bus terminal.
8. intransitive. In a race: to stay close behind another person, horse, etc., typically with the aim of reducing air resistance or conserving energy for a final effort to overtake and win. Frequently with behind.Originally and frequently in the context of horse racing.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner
to make (all) the running1824
stay1834
sprint1841
to come with a wet sail1876
to stay the course1885
to sit in1952
1952 Irish Times 2 Oct. 2/7 Mr. Cox was content to sit in behind for most of the way, but.., driving High Velocity through on the inside coming to the last hurdle, he got the better of Soaring High on the run-in.
1999 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Sport section) 58 Jockey Adrian Maguire was content to sit in at the back of the five-runner field..before challenging the front-running Annie Buckers in the straight.
2013 S. Yates & J. Deering It's All about Bike (2014) 192 I rode on the front all day every day.., Malcolm sitting in behind us in the leader's jersey and conserving energy.
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to sit in ——
to sit in ——
intransitive. To be seated in (a chair, throne, saddle, etc.). Also figurative.
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OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xix. 28 Cum sederit filius hominis in sede maiestatis suæ : miððy sittes sunu monnes in seðel godcunndmæhtes his.
c1300 Evangelie (Dulwich Coll.) l. 238 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 560 Ihu schal..In dauiis sete sitte an deme.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 209 Þe king in his sadul sete.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biv Whiche sawe..a persone setyng in the trone of god.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 26 Like seely beggars..sitting in the stockes. View more context for this quotation
1684 T. Comber Disc. Excommunic. 109 They would not have sitten any longer in their Thrones than the Pope pleased.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ⁋4 Nothing was wanting but some one to sit in the Elbow Chair.
1754 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 166 Persons who rent seats..after they quitt sitting in them.
1820 Catal. Prints, Paintings, MSS, Bks. T. Lloyd (Sotheby, London) 58 She wears a royal crown, and with her right hand is presenting an Apple to the Infant, who is sitting in her lap.
1921 Boy Scouts Year Bk. 191/1 He found him, still sitting in the saddle with both feet in the stirrups.
2009 New Yorker 26 Oct. 67/2 Cameron sat in his chair twelve hours a day, looking at effects shots.
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