| 单词 | to sit on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit on to sit on 1. intransitive. To continue to sit (in various senses); esp. to remain seated. Also Scottish: to continue in occupation, to stay on as tenant. Cf. on adv. 5a. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the Scottish sense as still in use in Perthshire in 1970. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain as opposed to go bidec893 yleaveOE leaveOE wonc1000 abideOE worthOE beliveOE atstutte-nc1220 stuttea1225 atstuntc1230 astinta1250 beleavea1325 lasta1325 stounda1325 stinta1340 joukc1374 restaya1382 to leave over1394 liec1400 byec1425 onbidec1430 keep1560 stay1575 delay1655 to wait on1773 stop1801 to sit on1815 to hang around1830 to stick around1878 to sit tight1897 remain1912 stay-down1948 1815 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 29 888 An Act was passed on the 31st December, (parliament sitting on till after Christmas for the purpose). 1861 F. Guise Cravens of Beech Hall II. ix. 171 He sat on until the glimmering daylight began to appear. 1880 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 253 137 The tenant sat on from year to year on the same terms as he had previously held the land. 1916 J. Rankine Law of Leases in Scotl. (ed. 3) Index 980 Notice of claim by tenant not to be made after determination of tenancy..; except where tenant sits on as to part of the farm. 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase xix. 255 She sat on right through the programme, but when it came to God Save the King, she chucked it. 2015 D. Park Stone Kingdoms We sat on until the smouldering fire had died almost to nothing. 2. intransitive and transitive (in passive). English regional (northern) and Scottish. Of milk or cooked food: to be stuck or burnt to the pan. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the sense as still in use in Perthshire, Lanarkshire, Galloway, and Roxburghshire in 1970. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > undergo cooking [verb (intransitive)] > burn or catch on bottom of cooking pot to set toa1610 burn1725 catch1767 to sit on1824 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 109 Sitten-on, When milk is burnt in the pan. 1835 ‘S. Oliver’ Rambles Northumberland iv. 131 When a dumpling, hasty-pudding, potatoes, &c. have sitten on to the bottom of the pan in which they are boiled, they are said to be bishopped. 1894 R. O. Hesop Northumberland Words II. 644 To sit-on, to stick to the cooking utensil. ‘The dumplin's sitten-on’. to sit on —— to sit on —— 1. a. intransitive. To be seated on (a chair, horse, object, etc.).Also in figurative phrases, as to sit on the fence at fence n. 5c, to sit on one's skirts at skirt n. 3, to sit on the splice at splice n. 1c, to sit on thorns at thorn n. 2.See also Phrases 1, Phrases 5, Phrases 9, Phrases 11, Phrases 12, Phrases 13, Phrases 14. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > be upon something [verb (intransitive)] to sit on ——eOE leanOE restOE to sit upon ——c1300 set1570 insist1598 seat1607 inside1657 repose1799 eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. xlviii. 340 He [sc. the patient] sitte on stole ofer þære beþinge þæt hio hine mæge tela gereocan. OE Beowulf (2008) 286 Weard maþelode ðær on wicge sæt. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5807 Þær he satt onn hiss sæte. ?a1430 Compleynte Virgin (Huntington) l. 75 in Minor Poems T. Hoccleve (1970) i. 2 O thynke how..on my knee Thow sat. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 305 He cutte the benche yt Darius had sitten on. 1598 R. Tofte tr. M. M. Boiardo Orlando Inamorato iii. sig. G4 Charles hearing this, scarce on his horse could sit. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe ii. C vij b He..That sits on yonder hill, And tooteth out his notes of glee. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. sig. H1v He shall not Sit long on pennilesse-bench. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 18 A Bacchanal of..naked boys, sitting on a tub, the wine running out. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 609 A stone, on which..Telamon sat to view the Salaminian ships. 1894 T. G. Allen & W. L. Sachtleben Across Asia on Bicycle i. 34 The merchant sits on his heels on the booth floor. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 90/2 The holes for the nails should be countersunk, so that they will not catch in..clothing when the chair is sat on. 2001 Mojo Aug. 83/1, I was sitting on the floor talking. b. intransitive. To support one's weight on (the backside, haunches, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (intransitive)] > be supported rideOE restOE to sit upon ——1481 rely1572 stay1585 to sit on ——1605 seat1607 bottoma1640 step1791 heel1850 bed1875 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. sig. Ev And there sate he on his posteriors, Like a Baboone. 1793 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 452 They sit on their hams, with their legs and arms disposed in the manner of monkeys. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 191 A game among children, in which they hop round in a ring, sitting on their hams. 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 397/1 Three wolf-dogs, scenting the blood, came out from under the snow and sat on their haunches. 2006 F. Kiernan & G. Hemphill Still Game: Scripts I. iii. 89 (stage direct.) Arthur turns round to see Winston motioning him to sit on his arse. c. intransitive. figurative. To have (a large sum of money, substantial assets, valuable property, etc.) at one's disposal (often with the implication that this is not being exploited). ΚΠ 1931 V. Palmer Separate Lives 186 He's sitting on twelve thousand since he got rid of his cobalt show, and he can't spend that here. 1980 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 24/5 Investment trust shareholders who are sitting on large gains or have some disposals in mind..are well advised to sell or ‘bed-and-breakfast’ their shares before April 5. 2001 Estates Gaz. 30 June 40/3 Kempner is sitting on a rare gold mine. It is not often that this much space becomes available in the West End. 2. a. intransitive. Of a thing: to be situated on; to rest, lie, or be supported on (something). Also figurative.In Old English frequently with strongly negative associations, with connotations of affliction (compare sense 21a) or of oppression (compare sense 5). ΚΠ OE Guthlac A 478 Ge sind forscadene, on eow scyld siteð. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xl. 528 Ðeah ðe him adl on ne sitte þeah forwel oft his hæl him bið adl. OE Blickling Homilies 75 Efne swa seo hefige byrþen siteþ on þæm deadan lichoman þære byrgenne & þæs deaþes, & hie se stan & seo eorþe þrycce. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vi. l. 11 An hundred of ampolles on his hat seeten. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C4 Thy loue sits on thy tonges end. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iv. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmmv/2 Art thou a Knight? did ever on that sword, The Christian cause sit nobly? 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 114 Scarlet semi-globules sitting on the sides of the branches. 1885 Cent. Mag. 29 880/2 A little three-legged trivet on which a tankard..might sit with live coals beneath. 1999 M. Pendergrast Uncommon Grounds iii. xiii. 235 Despite the much-touted virtues of vacuum cans, the preground coffee gradually staled while sitting on the shelf. 2016 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 10 July r4 The house sits on a half-acre lot. b. transitive. To set or place (one thing) on (another).rare before the 19th century and in earlier use, esp. in the past tense, not always distinguishable from uses of variant forms of set v.1 (cf. quot. 1430-40 at set v.1 β. forms (past tense)). ΚΠ c1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 83 (MED) Drawe the broth..þorgh a streynour into a potte And sitte hit on the fire. 1828 L. Ewing Let. 16 Feb. in American Mag. (1988) Spring–Summer 48/2 After they had all seen it [sc. an automaton] one of the little boys sat it on the table. 1840 M. Pisani Banker-lord I. xi. 123 Just to sit the good turbot quietly and dacently on the table. 1978 MAC Flyer July 7/1 It's the maximum slope you can sit the helicopter on. 1990 Computer World 22 Oct. 54/4 You can sit this on a network, hook up a modem on it, and it will dial up the administrator. 2004 Delicious June (Jamie's BBQ Suppl.) 24/2 Cut the top and end off the pineapple. Sit it on a board and cut off the skin in wide strips from top to bottom, making sure you cut out any woody eyes. 3. intransitive. To sit in judgement on or deliberate on (a matter). Formerly also: †to sit in judgement on (a person) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > sit in judgement on to sit on ——c1390 to sit upon ——a1500 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > deliberate on to sit on ——1423–4 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 154 Þe Meir sat on þe Ieuh him-selue, fforte beo Iuge of his trespas. 1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §17. m. 2 That the clerc of the counsail be sworn, that every day that the counseill sitteth on ony billes bitwyx partie and partie, that he shall, as fer as he can, aspye which is þe porest suyturs bille, and that first to be redd and answered. 1462 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 279 It is seyd her þat..serteyn jwgys..schold come down and syt on syche pepyll as be noysyd ryotous. 1595 J. Colville Orig. Lett. (1858) 136 All the old officiatis of estate, the chancellour only excepted, ar discharged to sitt on suche matteris. 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron v. ii Must I be sat on now, by petty Judges. 1680 W. Lawrence Marriage by Morall Law of God ii. 279 In England they use to send two Judges in every Circuit, because one sits on Civil Causes in the Nisi prius side by himself, and the other on Criminals, in the Crown side. 1798 Hull Advert. 13 Oct. 3/2 A coroner's jury has sat on the body, and returned a verdict of lunacy. 1852 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 337 The select committee at Ordnance, who..sat on my new military carbine. 1939 N.Y. Times 22 Feb. 34/4 The entire commission would sit on the question of assigning radio frequencies. 2013 Weekly Law Rep. (Nexis) 25 Apr. 1263 A single judge, who it was not intended should sit on the application, gave permission for..the Howard League to intervene. 4. intransitive. To have a seat on or be a member of (a jury, commission, board of directors, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > deliberate on > have a seat on (a deliberative assembly) to sit on ——a1538 to sit upon ——1538 a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. H.iv After that the Duke had sitten on this Commission They were arained at London before the Kings Counsel. 1688 A. Shields Elegie J. Renwick sig. B2 He..boldly spake his mind without reserve, To Prelatists, and Papists, in their fury, And to Professors sitting on his jury. 1792 Proc. Catholic Meeting Dublin 8 Would it..take away their inheritance, that we sat together on Grand Juries? 1835 Mirror of Parl. (2nd Sess., 12th Parl.) 2 2041/2 Those who sit on courts-martial have a most important office to perform. 1895 Times 10 Jan. 9/6 He sat on the Royal Commission on Hospitals. 1978 L. A. Pérez, Jr. Intervention, Revolution, & Politics in Cuba, 1913–1921 viii. 131 Four attorneys of the firm..sat on the board of directors of the Manatí Sugar Corporation. 2012 D. Robertson in P. Keech Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbk. viii. 90 I was selected twice to sit on a jury and ended up doing service for three weeks. 5. intransitive. Of care, age, guilt, etc.: to press or weigh on (a person, a person’s heart, etc.), usually in a specified way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict heavyc897 narroweOE overlayOE overseamOE twingea1300 to weigh downa1340 grieve1340 besit1377 oppressc1384 foila1400 thringa1400 empressc1400 enpressc1400 aska1425 press?a1425 peisea1450 straita1464 constraina1500 overhale1531 to grate on or upon1532 wrack1562 surcharge1592 to lie heavy uponc1595 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 to sit on ——1607 to sit upon ——1607 gall1614 bear1645 weight1647 obsess1648 aggrieve1670 swinge1681 lean1736 gravitate1754 weigh1794 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 38v Heauie cares sit heauye on the soule. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A4 For no effect of tyranny can sit more heavy on the Common-wealth. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii. 119 I shall now give three short Maxims, which will sit light on their memories, and (I hope) in time, easy on their hearts. 1887 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 10 Feb. (Cent. Dict.) His more than eighty years seemed to sit lightly on ‘the great taciturnist’. 1902 Harper's Weekly 2 Aug. 1027/1 The care of a great establishment will sit easily on a trained administrator. 1981 T. Morrison Tar Baby (2016) 192 She's got a lot of cleaning up to do with Michael. It's sitting on her heart and she's never going to have no peace until she cleans it up. 2015 Daily Mail 27 June That guilt can sit very heavily on their shoulders. 6. intransitive. Of food: to lie on (the stomach) in a specified way; to be (easily, poorly, etc.) digestible. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [verb (intransitive)] > be digested or undergo digestion > easily to sit on ——1678 to sit upon ——1697 1678 B. Ashwood Heavenly Trade 171 What goes down easiest, or when down, sits easiest on your stomacks? 1737 H. Fielding Hist. Reg. 1736 i. i. 1 Our Beer and Beef sat but ill on my Stomach. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 555 Such preparations of iron as may sit easy on the stomach. 1896 Black & White 1 Aug. 164/2 My food sat comfortably on my stomach and gave me strength. 1985 Jet 17 June 50 There was something about unfair recruiting practices that didn't sit well on his stomach. 2000 G. C. Robinson Great Expectations I. i. 32 The gravy did not sit well on his stomach. 7. intransitive. colloquial. to sit hard on: to come down hard on, be tough with (a person). Cf. Phrases 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > be harsh or severe upon [verb (transitive)] to be sharp upon1561 to come down1611 to be severe on (or upon)1672 spitchcock1674 to sit hard on1715 to handle without gloves1827 to handle with gloves off1828 to catch or get Jesse1839 to jump upon1868 to give (one) snuff1890 to give (a person) the works1901 hardball1984 1715 J. Collier Answer to Exceptions in Bishop Burnet's 3rd Pt. Hist. Reformation 3/1 He is pleas'd to..charge me..: That I sit hard on the Memory of our reforming Princes. 1892 Literary World 31 Dec. 497/1 A barmaid..married a well-born imbecile, and for a time sat hard on him and all his relations. 1918 G. D. H. Cole Self-Govt. in Industry (ed. 3) ii. 28 ‘We have sat hard on the workers during the war; we must sit no less hard on the employers when it is over’, a prominent Government official is reported to have said. 2016 J. D. Robb Apprentice in Death (2017) 127 Baxter, you're going to sit hard on Patroni, put the fear of God into him, if necessary. 8. intransitive. colloquial. To snub or put down (a person); to squash (an idea, a proposal, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 1868 Judy 25 Nov. 51/2 The Admiral has sat on me freely. 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte I. vi. 76 If you're going to sit on me every time I open my mouth, I'd better shut up. 1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes xiv. 225 In the tube going home, Pauline and Petrova pestered Posy for criticism of the production; but the moment she made any, they sat on her, asking her what she thought she knew about it. 1969 New Yorker 14 June 46/2 Someone should have sat on him when he was young. 1975 Guardian 22 Jan. 1/2 The TUC general secretary..proceeded to sit heavily on the CBI's suggestion. 2013 A. Schofield Malarky (new ed.) That was when I firmly sat on the horse plan. 9. a. intransitive. To suppress (something troublesome), to keep hidden or from public view. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down nithereOE adweschOE overtreadOE quellOE to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175 adauntc1325 to bear downc1330 oppressc1380 repressc1391 overyoke?a1425 quencha1425 to bear overc1425 supprisec1440 overquell?c1450 farec1460 supprime1490 downbeara1500 stanch1513 undertread1525 downtread1536 suppress1537 to set one's foot on the neck of1557 depress?a1562 overbear1565 surpress1573 trample1583 repose1663 spiflicate1749 sort1815 to trample down1853 to sit on ——1915 to clamp down1924 crack down1940 tamp1959 1915 A. Huxley Let. Nov. (1969) 85 What an odd business it was about the suppression of Lawrence's book, The Rainbow. It is always the serious books that get sat on. 1925 R. Hall Saturday Life iv. 51 But she sat on her conscience. 1972 D. McLachlan No Case for Crown iii. 39 I want this story sat on till midnight. 1996 K. S. Olmsted Challenging Secret Govt. iv. 71 If you hear anything about CIA and the ocean, you sit on it until you have had a chance to talk to me. b. intransitive. To fail to either take action on or pass to anyone else (information, a report, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > keep to oneself without acting upon to sit upon ——1906 to sit on ——1948 1948 N.Y. Times 19 May 26/2 Some of his House colleagues have been suggesting that his Committee ‘just sit on it [sc. a bill]’ for a while. 1983 M. Hinxman Corpse now Arriving vii. 45 She'd ‘sat’ on the article..until..a deadline had galvanized her into putting words on paper. 2002 A. Grinyer Cancer in Young Adults v. 76 The doctor..had..sat on the information over the Friday night, and had phoned the Hall of Residence early on the Saturday morning. 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 15 Apr. 16 The Tories did nothing. They just sat on the report. The problem was that making these changes would bump recorded crime figures up. 10. intransitive. In medical contexts: to defer treatment pending further observation of (a patient or condition). ΚΠ 1947 Amer. Practitioner 1 619/1 It is the same old question of choosing between risks, isn't it? Probably your best bet now is the conservative attitude, to sit on it, rather than even contemplate elective surgery. 1958 Spectator 11 July 62/2 Two children..were brought to my hospital..suffering from appendicitis, which had been treated conservatively (or in hospital slang ‘sat on’) for several days. 1966 I. Jefferies House-surgeon vi. 118 I couldn't make up my mind either, so we decided to sit on her and see what happened. 2016 A. Brayley Our Vietnam Nurses (e-book, accessed 11 Dec. 2017) At the last minute, the doctors decided to sit on him for a night. < as lemmas |
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