sedentary

英 ['sed(ə)nt(ə)rɪ] 美 ['sɛdntɛri]

解释

※ 提供单词"sedentary"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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。

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 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.

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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。