sedentary
英 ['sed(?)nt(?)r?]
美['s?dnt?ri]
- adj. 久坐的；坐慣的；定棲的；靜坐的
GRE暢通詞匯TOEFL
中文詞源
sedentary 久坐不動的，定居的
來自拉丁語 sedens,坐下的，停留某處的，現(xiàn)在分詞格于 sedere,坐下，詞源同 sit,seat.-ary,形 容詞后綴。引申詞義久坐不動的，定居的等。
英文詞源
- sedentary
- sedentary: see session
- sedentary (adj.)
- 1590s, "remaining in one place," from Middle French sédentaire (16c.) and directly from Latin sedentarius "sitting, remaining in one place," from sedentem (nominative sedens), present participle of sedere "to sit; occupy an official seat, preside; sit still, remain; be fixed or settled," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (cognates: Sanskrit a-sadat "sat down," sidati "sits;" Old Persian hadis "abode;" Greek ezesthai "to sit," hedra "seat, chair, face of a geometric solid;" Old Irish suide "seat, sitting;" Welsh sedd "seat," eistedd "sitting;" Old Church Slavonic se?da, sedeti "to sit;" Lithuanian sedmi "to sit;" Russian sad "garden," Lithuanian soditi "to plant;" Gothic sitan, Old English sittan "to sit;" see sit). Of persons, the sense "not in the habit of exercise" is recorded from 1660s.
雙語例句
- 1. I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
- 我認為長期伏案的生活一點也不適合我。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. People in sedentary jobs need to take exercise.
- 工作上要久坐的人需要做運動.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.
- 會計是一種需要坐著工作的職業(yè).
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Pigeons are sedentary birds.
- 鴿子是一種定居的鳥.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Sedentary habits often interfere with health.
- 長坐不動的習慣往往有害于身體健康.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》