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sedentary a.久坐的 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 sežda, 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. 【记】president 总统，总裁，头都总是坐办公室的；其它的还有student学生(坐着学习)和resident居民(坐在家里)

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['sedəntəri] 【英】 adj. 久坐的(requiring much sitting)【考】 反义词：migratory( 迁徙的)【记】 sed(坐)+entary→久 坐的【例】 a sedentary occupation adj. 久坐的; 土生的【记】sed坐, entary－久坐的【反】migratory(adj 迁移的); peripatetic(adj 走来走去的)

单词	sedentary
音标	['sedəntəri]
解释	a.久坐的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 久坐的(requiring much sitting) 【考】反义词：migratory( 迁徙的) 【记】 sed(坐)+entary→久坐的【例】 a sedentary occupation
字源	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 sežda, 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.
不择手段背单词	adj. 久坐的; 土生的【记】sed坐, entary－久坐的【反】migratory(adj 迁移的); peripatetic(adj 走来走去的)
趣味全助记	【记】president 总统，总裁，头都总是坐办公室的；其它的还有student学生(坐着学习)和resident居民(坐在家里)

Sedentary Sit Adj Place Seat Lithuanian Sedəntəri A.久坐的