Tra từ sit - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 things to sit on
2 sitting in a place
3 ways of sitting
see also STAND, LIE

1 things to sit on
- a thing used for sitting on: seat
- a seat with a back, for one person to sit on: chair
- a bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair, etc to make it comfortable: cushion
※ more on chairs CHAIR
- a long wooden or metal seat for two or more people, often outdoors: bench
- a long seat in a church: pew
- a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle: saddle
- a seat that you put on a horse so that you can ride it: saddle
- the flat area that is formed by the upper parts of your legs when you are sitting down: lap, knee
The child sat on his mother's lap as she read him a story. ◎ Come and sit on my knee.

2 sitting in a place
- to be in a position (usually on a chair) in which your back is upright and your weight is supported at the bottom of your back: sit*
She was sitting on a chair, reading a book.
- to put your body into a sitting position: sit* (down), take* a seat, (more formal) be seated
Would you like to sit down over here? ◎ I took a seat at the front of the hall. ◎ Please be seated. The show is about to begin.
- to move into a sitting position after you have been lying down: sit* up
Jerry woke suddenly and sat up in bed.
- to sit and do nothing active for a period of time: (informal) sit* about/around
I went into the living room where everyone was sitting around watching TV.
- a place for sb to sit: seat, place
Don't sit there. That's Doug's place. ◎ Save me a place next to you.
- when a seat has nobody sitting in it, it is free; when a seat has sb sitting in it, it is taken
'Is this seat free?' 'No, I'm sorry. It's taken.'
- to have seats for a particular number of people: seat ※¦
This plane seats three hundred people.
- to lead sb to their seat: show* sb to their seat
- to put sb into a sitting position: sit* sb (down)
Margaret sat her baby on the floor.
※ to stop sitting
- to move into a standing position from your seat: get* up, stand* up, (more formal) rise*
When the performance was over the audience rose from their seats and cheered wildly.

3 ways of sitting
- the way that a person is sitting: position
She was sitting in a very uncomfortable position on the arm of the chair.
- to sit with a straight back: sit upright
- to relax (in a chair, etc) and not take an active part in what other people are doing: sit* back
Just you sit back and relax while I make the dinner.
- to put yourself in a comfortable position in a chair: settle back
We settled back in our seats to watch the film.
- to sit or stand in a lazy way; to relax: lounge
They were lounging on the sofa watching television.
- to sit without moving: sit still
Sit still, will you? I can't see the screen.
- to sit down with your feet on the ground and your bottom just above the ground: squat
- to sit with your legs on each side of sth: sit astride sth
to sit astride a horse
- to sit on the floor with your legs pulled up in front of you and with one leg or foot placed over the other: sit cross-legged
- to sit on a chair with one leg over the other: sit* with your legs crossed
- to go down on one or both knees: kneel* (down)