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sitter

/sit-er/US // ˈsɪt ər //UK // (ˈsɪtə) //

坐着的人,坐着的,坐椅,坐下来

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who sits.
    • : a brooding hen.
    • : a person who stays with young children while the parents go out; baby-sitter.
    • : a person who provides routine or custodial care temporarily or part-time, as for an elderly person or a pet whose owner is on vacation.
    • : Slang. the buttocks; rump.

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Examples

  • Like a lot of successful startups, Rover—an app for booking pet sitters and dog walkers—has a plan for its international expansion.

  • The sitters at the table closed their eyes and placed their fingers lightly on the glass.

  • The Freedom eschews the spring-loaded mechanism in other office chairs that require sitters to apply constant force to remain reclined.

  • He wanted to design a seat that allowed its sitter to perch and pivot while chatting on the phone.

  • These days, Roney has a full-time sitter (55-60 hours per week) who earns in the mid five figures.

  • Jordan is the kind of place where one can get into a cab and your driver will become a good friend and occasional cat-sitter.

  • Samaras rarely got an outright “no” from a sitter, but some people kept postponing their appearances.

  • She also immediately quit foursquare and hired a house sitter.

  • See that your sitter is in as comfortable a position as you can get him into, so that the pose can be held easily.

  • He has a sitter at three—a lady of the highest society, who wishes her visits to remain unsuspected.

  • On the stroke of eleven the first sitter arrived, who was succeeded by another an hour later.

  • So then I went to the home of the person I normally have for a baby-sitter.

  • Meanwhile the Moor sat down to smoke in such a position that he could see both painter and sitter.