sit around

英 [sɪt əˈraʊnd]

美 [sɪt əˈraʊnd]

闲坐着; 无所事事

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 sit about


• PHRASAL VERB 闲坐着;无所事事
  If yousit aroundorsit about, you spend time doing nothing useful or interesting.
  1. Eve isn't the type to sit around doing nothing...
     伊芙不是那种喜欢坐在那里无所事事的人。
  2. We sat about in the gloomy airport lounge.
     我们百无聊赖地坐在阴暗的候机大厅里。

英英释义

verb

• be around, often idly or without specific purpose
  1. The object sat in the corner
  2. We sat around chatting for another hour
  Synonym:sit

双语例句

• NO00, I love to sit around the campfire.
  我喜欢围坐在营火旁。
• We sit around a campfire at night.
  到了夜里，我们坐在篝火周围。
• All he did that evening was sit around the flat
  那天晚上他一直在公寓里无所事事地坐着。
• Do you have to sit around all day?
  你就一整天这么坐着？
• They think we sit around in a room drinking beer.
  他们以为我们闲坐在屋里、喝着啤酒就把名字起好了。
• He used to bring people in to sit around his deathbed talking about various matters with him.
  他叫人来他到他的病榻前，和他进行各种各样的讨论。
• It would help if we didn't sit around all day drinking the stock.
  我们要是没整天坐在这吃老本就好了。
• It was too cheap to sit around after such an insinuation as this.
  受了这样一顿含沙射影的指责之后还闲坐在家里，这也太不自重了。
• I think I'll take my clothes off and sit around my skin.
  我想我要脱光我的衣服，然后只剩皮肤坐下来。
• Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another.
  没有电视的娱乐，他们在晚餐之后可能一起无所事事并且实际上和彼此说话。