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单词 to be sat
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to be sat
c. transitive (in passive). to be sat: to be sitting, to be in a seated position. Cf. to sit down 2b at Phrasal verbs 1. Now British colloquial.In the 19th and 20th centuries, regional and nonstandard, but increasingly common since the late 20th century.Some Middle English and early modern English examples may show either the perfect tense formed with be rather than have or the passive of sense 1b (as in we being sat ‘we, having sat down’ or ‘we, being caused to sit’).
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c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) l. 1720 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 57 To þe bord huy beoþ i sete.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 48 Al on murȝþe was he y-sete wiþ a fair baronye.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 9 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 190 In þe tolbuth set lewy, þat as a tollare þare wes sate.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2v Hee againe desires her, being satte.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 12 We being sate, and she likewise, Clerantes said [etc.].
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 122. ¶6 The Court was sat before Sir Roger came.
1774 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. 26 He was sat against a glass practising.
1864 J. Ramsbottom Phases of Distress 12 At th' eend o' th' day..aw'm sat at whoam.
1902 Longman's Mag. Dec. 147 I used to feel so proud lookin' about me of an arternoon when I was sat at my knittin'.
1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 4. 37 (stage direct.) Pauline is sat at a table.
2017 @carolinefoste5 23 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 9 Nov. 2017) I should be doing work but instead I'm sat on my bed watching Strictly.
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