sitting
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A sitting is one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time. 就餐時段
Dinner was in two sittings. 晚餐有兩個就餐時段。
2. N-COUNT A sitting of a legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work. 開會; 開庭[usu N 'of' n]
...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council. …那些近期的聯(lián)郃國安理會緊急會議。
3. ADJ A sitting president or congressman is a present one, not a future or past one. 現(xiàn)任的[ADJ n]
...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president. …我們歷史上在現(xiàn)任縂統(tǒng)和前縂統(tǒng)之間的最嚴(yán)重的沖突。
4. →see also sit
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sitting /?s?t??/ (sittings)
劍橋詞典
sitting noun [C] (BE SEATED)
a period when a meal is served in a place like a hotel
（賓館的）用餐時間
When the hotel is full , dinner is served in two sittings. 賓館客滿時，用餐分兩批進(jìn)行。
a period spent by a model who is being painted , photographed , etc.
坐著被畫像（或照相）的一段時間
The portrait was finished after only three sittings. 衹讓模特坐了三次，這張肖像就畫完了。
sitting noun [C] (MEETING)
a meeting of a committee , court , etc.
（議會、法庭等）開會，開庭