sitting

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sit·ting /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ noun [countableC]

1 DFone of the times when a meal is served in a place where there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time 〔分批用餐时的〕一批，一轮

School dinners are served in three sittings.

学校午餐分三批用餐。

2 at/in one sitting CONTINUE/NOT STOPduring one continuous period when you are sitting in a chair 在持续坐着的一段时间里

I sat down and read the whole book in one sitting.

我坐下来，一口气看完了这本书。

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at/in one sitting• I devoured it all almost at one sitting, reading it until my eyes closed.• Jeff ate a whole bag of potato chips in one sitting.• As in my landscapes, I work quickly and the portrait has to be completed in one sitting.• But if you get a copy, save it for when you can read it at one sitting.• I read it in one sitting and lay awake that night disturbed by its power and frightened by its implication.• At other times the sessions are intended to serve the need of teachers of five of six languages at one sitting.• It is an interesting book to dip into, but it can not be read at one sitting.

3. AVPTCPan occasion when you have yourself painted or photographed （一次）供人画像[照相]的时间

4. SCCPGPa meeting of a law court or parliament 〔法庭〕开庭；〔议会〕开会

Examples from the Corpus

sitting• I had five sittings, an hour at a time.• Dinner is served in three sittings.

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