n. 入席, 就坐, 开庭, 孵卵

a. 坐着的, 就座的, 在职的, 在孵卵中的, 易被击中的

[法] 开庭, 合议, 在立法机构中占据席位

Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. {Sat}({Sate}, archaic); p. p. {Sat}
({Sitten}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sitting}.] [OE. sitten,
AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
[root]154. Cf. {Assess},{Assize}, {Cathedral}, {Chair},
{Dissident}, {Excise}, {Insidious}, {Possess}, {Reside},
{Sanhedrim}, {Seance}, {Seat}, n., {Sedate}, {4th Sell},
{Siege}, {Session}, {Set}, v. t., {Sizar}, {Size},
{Subsidy}.]
1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
the ground.

And he came and took the book put of the right hand
of him that sate upon the seat. --Bible (1551)
(Rev. v. 7.)

I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.

2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
branch, pole, etc.

3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
in any position or condition.

And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
here? --Num. xxxii.
6.

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.

4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

The calamity sits heavy on us. --Jer. Taylor.

5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.

This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
Sits not so easy on me as you think. --Shak.

6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
-- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
to incubate.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
not. --Jer. xvii.
11.

8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
relative position; to have direction.

Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
way soever the wind sits. --Selden.

Sits the wind in that quarter? --Sir W.
Scott.

9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
as, to sit in Congress.

10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
to-night.

11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

{To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] ``A
farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
great rent''. --Bacon.

{To sit at meat} or {To sit at table}, to be at table for
eating.

{To sit down}.
(a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
sit down when tired.
(b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
town.
(c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
(d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. ``Here we can not sit
down, but still proceed in our search.'' --Rogers.

{To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for
examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
Univ.]

{To sit out}.
(a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
Sanderson.
(b) To outstay.

{To sit under}, to be under the instruction or ministrations
of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
preaching.

{To sit up}, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
with a sick person. ``He that was dead sat up, and began
to speak.'' --Luke vii. 15.


Sitting \Sit"ting\, a.
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that
which, sits.


Sitting \Sit"ting\, n.
1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
occupies a seat.

2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
photographer, etc.

4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a
session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench,
or of a commission.

The sitting closed in great agitation. --Macaulay.

5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as
reading a book, playing a game, etc.

For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's
Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
--Locke.

6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.

The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his
songs during the whole time of her sitting.
--Addison.

{Sitting room}, an apartment where the members of a family
usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
chamber, or kitchen.

nonmoving \nonmoving\ adj.
Not moving. Opposite of {moving}. [Narrower terms: {at rest,
inactive, motionless, static, still}; {becalmed ;
{dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still};
{frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; {inert
; {sitting ; {slack ; {stationary ; {immobile, unmoving}]
Also See: {immobile}.
[WordNet 1.5]