英语词汇“to sit about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. To be left here and there, or carelessly out of place; to lie unused or untouched. Cf. to sit around 2 at Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > be without arrangement [verb (intransitive)]

to sit about1849

to lie about1853

to sit around1913

1849 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 24 Oct. They keep their money sitting about in little buckets or tin pans, and in their trunks, where any body might slip in and steal several thousands of dollars in a few minutes.

1994 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 6 May (Entertainm. section) c5 Are there really this many 30-something yuppies who have this kind of cash sitting about with no better use for it?

2013 @CTGrayToons 16 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 5 June 2020) I have to clean at least once a week. I can't stand seeing stuff sitting about looking like a mess for too long.

2. intransitive. To sit in a place or various places nearby; to sit idly, to lounge about. Also figurative: to spend one's time unproductively.

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1859 Leisure Hour 21 July 451/2 A young fellow with his eyes about him, learns to know in what sort of places the pheasants lie, and to see the hares as they sit about under the brambles.

1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman (1954) i. 10 She was the sort of woman who sat about making remarks.

1987 D. Simpson Elem. of Doubt (1988) xiii. 158 But meanwhile we can't sit about twiddling our thumbs. As soon as you're ready we'll go and see Mr Tarrant again.

2000 J. Williams Cardiff Dead (2001) ix. 117 A man who did stuff, didn't just sit about complaining how the world was against him.

单词	to sit about
释义	> as lemmas to sit about to sit about 1. intransitive. To be left here and there, or carelessly out of place; to lie unused or untouched. Cf. to sit around 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > be without arrangement [verb (intransitive)] to sit about1849 to lie about1853 to sit around1913 1849 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 24 Oct. They keep their money sitting about in little buckets or tin pans, and in their trunks, where any body might slip in and steal several thousands of dollars in a few minutes. 1994 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 6 May (Entertainm. section) c5 Are there really this many 30-something yuppies who have this kind of cash sitting about with no better use for it? 2013 @CTGrayToons 16 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 5 June 2020) I have to clean at least once a week. I can't stand seeing stuff sitting about looking like a mess for too long. 2. intransitive. To sit in a place or various places nearby; to sit idly, to lounge about. Also figurative: to spend one's time unproductively. ΚΠ 1859 Leisure Hour 21 July 451/2 A young fellow with his eyes about him, learns to know in what sort of places the pheasants lie, and to see the hares as they sit about under the brambles. 1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman (1954) i. 10 She was the sort of woman who sat about making remarks. 1987 D. Simpson Elem. of Doubt (1988) xiii. 158 But meanwhile we can't sit about twiddling our thumbs. As soon as you're ready we'll go and see Mr Tarrant again. 2000 J. Williams Cardiff Dead (2001) ix. 117 A man who did stuff, didn't just sit about complaining how the world was against him. extracted from sitv. < as lemmas
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