sedentary
英 ['sed(?)nt(?)r?]
美['s?dnt?ri]
- adj. 久坐的；坐惯的；定栖的；静坐的
GRE畅通词汇TOEFL
中文词源
sedentary 久坐不动的，定居的
来自拉丁语 sedens,坐下的，停留某处的，现在分词格于 sedere,坐下，词源同 sit,seat.-ary,形 容词后缀。引申词义久坐不动的，定居的等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
- 我认为长期伏案的生活一点也不适合我。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. People in sedentary jobs need to take exercise.
- 工作上要久坐的人需要做运动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.
- 会计是一种需要坐着工作的职业.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Pigeons are sedentary birds.
- 鸽子是一种定居的鸟.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. Sedentary habits often interfere with health.
- 长坐不动的习惯往往有害于身体健康.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》