sitting

noun

1. （法院或议会的）开会，会议，开庭（期间）
   a period of time during which a court or a parliament deals with its business
2. （饭店等）一批，一次（顾客就餐时间）
   a time when a meal is served in a hotel, etc. to a number of people at the same time
   1. A hundred people can be served at one sitting (= at the same time) .
      可同时供一百人就餐。
3. 一次（坐着活动的时间）
   a period of time that a person spends sitting and doing an activity
   1. I read the book in one sitting .
      我坐下来一口气就把那本书看完了。
4. （摆姿势让人画像或拍照的）一次（时间）
   a period of time when sb sits or stands to have their picture painted or be photographed

1. N-COUNT (因场地限制而分批用餐的)一批，一轮
   A sitting is one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
   1. Dinner was in two sittings.
      分两批吃晚饭。
2. N-COUNT 召开会议;举行例会
   A sitting of a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work.
   1. ...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.
      联合国安全理事会最近召开的几次紧急会议
3. ADJ (总统或议员)现任的，在任期内的
   A sitting president or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one.
   1. ...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.
      在我们的历史上发生的现任总统与前任总统之间最为严重的一次冲突
4. See also: sit
5. PHRASE 处于优越地位;处于优势
   If you are sitting pretty, you are in a very favourable situation.
   1. If we'd let them buy it for a quarter of a million, we'd be sitting pretty by now.
      要是当初我们让他以 25 万的价钱买下来的话，我们现在就会处于上风了。

1. She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.
   她坐在扶手椅中，身上裹着毯子。
2. We were sitting, as I remember, in a riverside restaurant.
   我记得我们当时是坐在一个河畔的餐馆里。
3. When I pushed his door open, Trevor was sitting bolt upright in bed.
   当我推开特雷弗的房门时，他正腰杆笔直地坐在床上。
4. We were sitting on stools at the counter having coffee.
   我们坐在柜台边的凳子上喝着咖啡。
5. This sitting around is driving me crazy
   老这样坐着无所事事快让我发疯了。
6. He and I were sitting out on his jetty dangling our legs in the water.
   我和他坐在他的码头上，双腿在水中荡悠。
7. I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
   我坐在地板上，吓得发抖。
8. Sitting in his wicker chair, he gazed reflectively at the fire
   他坐在藤椅上，若有所思地凝视着炉火。
9. After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.
   他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。
10. In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet
    在最大那间房里，地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。
11. We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.
    我们就坐在客厅的沙发上看电视。
12. I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.
    我注意到他已经不再坐在门边了。
13. A guard came and took our names and noted where each of us was sitting.
    一名警卫来记了我们的名字，还记下了我们每个人的座位。
14. He is sitting beside her on the sofa
    他挨着她坐在沙发上。
15. She was sitting in a hospital bed, her plastered leg up in the air.
    她坐在病床上，一条打了石膏的腿悬在空中。
16. I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me
    我指了指坐得离我最近的男孩。
17. He raised himself into a sitting position
    他坐了起来。
18. This is our kitchen, sitting and dining room all rolled into one.
    这既是我们的厨房，又是客厅和餐厅。
19. Downstairs are two small rooms: a kitchen and a sitting room
    楼下是两个小房间：一个厨房和一个起居室。
20. She was sitting in the front row.
    她坐在前排。
21. The old drawing room serves her as both sitting room and study.
    原来那间起居室成了她的客厅兼书房。
22. Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen
    妈妈坐在厨房里的椅子上。
23. He had been sitting on the document for at least two months.
    他已经将这份文件压了至少两个月。
24. Dinner was in two sittings.
    分两批吃晚饭。
25. I saw her sitting at a window table, bathed in sunlight.
    我看见她坐在靠窗的桌旁，沐浴在阳光中。
26. As I was sitting down to supper, the telephone just rang.
    正当我坐下来吃晚饭时，偏偏电话来了。
27. He closed his eyes to put a stop to all distracting thoughts, sitting there quietly and peacefully.
    他闭了眼睛，息了杂念，平心静气地坐着。
28. The hen is sitting.
    母鸡抱窝了。
29. I'll be sitting in the third carriage from the engine.
    我将坐在机车后面的第三节车厢内。

noun

1. the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
   1. he read the mystery at one sitting

2. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
   1. he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting

   Synonym:    posing

3. a session as of a legislature or court

4. a meeting of spiritualists
   1. the seance was held in the medium's parlor

   Synonym:    seancesession

adj

1. (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
   1. the seated Madonna
   2. the audience remained seated

   Synonym:    seated

2. not moving and therefore easy to attack
   1. a sitting target