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sit-upon

/sit-uh-pon, -pawn/US // ˈsɪt əˌpɒn, -ˌpɔn //

仰卧起坐,仰卧撑,坐在上面,仰卧

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
    • : Chiefly British Informal. the buttocks.

Examples

  • I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.

  • Inside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.

  • Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.

  • The detectives are still at it, seeking to account for a period of time when Brinsley may well have paused to sit somewhere.

  • Once upon a time, a girl named Onika Maraj dreamed of being an actress.

  • It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.

  • Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.

  • He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

  • In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.

  • He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.