sit up• When I got home, Nigel was sitting up in bed.• He sat up in his chair when I started talking about Chris.• Sit up like a biggirl, and eat your dinner.• Sit up straight and put a cushionbehind your lower back.• Cadets here are taught to always dress neatly and to sit up straight.
sit in/on etc• She sat herself up in bed and swung her little legs over the side.• Olivia could do nothing but sit perched up on her chair.• Mr Grangesits bundled up in his aluminum chair and cutssnowflakes out of linednotebookpaper.• He just sat there up on his haunches, staring at it between her fingers.• Edwin would sit, propped up in his room, with plans of the estates and charts of the crops.• Jeanne sat hunched up on the woodencot which served as a bed.
sit up straight• He sat up straighter and locked both hands on the wheel.• Children were to sit up straight and put their chins to their chests.• They all sat up straight as Patrick walked among them.• They sit up straight, eyesforward, and concentrate on their teacher.• Sit up straight in your chair and pay attention.• They never put their elbows on the table, and they sat up straight instead of slouching.• He sits up straight to do up the buttons or velcro fastenings.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• She sat up straight with folded hands, frowning at me.
sit up (and take notice)• I was still groggy, but I could sit up.• He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder.• After a bit they sat up and watched the welcomebreeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley.• They sat up side by side in the bed, naked, listening, but Valerie no longer felt safe.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• Carol was dying, and he cried out in his sleep and sat uptrembling with coldsweats in the heat.• I sat up, wondering what the hell!
sit-up• Toe touches and sit-ups should be avoided; they are particularly harmful to anyone who has osteoporosis in the spine.• Then he did exercises he had learned in the Armystraddle jumps, deep knee bends, sit-ups and push-up.• He also did sit-ups, but not in front of me.• An acuteattack of dizziness while doing my sit-ups.• The sit-ups start with the back off the board, and end before the upperbodyreaches the vertical position.• Before you think it's too late to do those sit-ups, though, think again.• I could get away with only forty twistsit-ups.
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phrasal verbphr v
a)SITto be in a sittingposition or get into a sitting position after you have been lying down 坐着;〔從躺姿〕坐起來
He was sitting up in bed, reading his book.
他坐在床上看書。
She sat up and reached for her glass.
她坐起來伸手去拿杯子。
b)SIT sit somebody up to help someone to sit after they have been lying down 幫助某人坐起來
sit somebody up in/on etc
I’ll sit you up on the pillows and you’ll be nice and comfortable.
我扶你坐起來靠在枕頭上,這樣你就舒服了。
c)SITto sit in a chair with your back straight 坐直,端坐
Sometimes we just sit up and watch videos all night.
有時我們通宵熬夜看錄像。
e)sit up (and take notice)ATTENTION to suddenly start paying attention to someone, because they have done something surprising or impressive 突然關注[注意]起來
If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice.
瑪麗亞要是成功了,大家都會對她刮目相看。
Examples from the Corpus
sit up• When I got home, Nigel was sitting up in bed.• He sat up in his chair when I started talking about Chris.• Sit up like a biggirl, and eat your dinner.• Sit up straight and put a cushionbehind your lower back.• Cadets here are taught to always dress neatly and to sit up straight.
sit in/on etc• She sat herself up in bed and swung her little legs over the side.• Olivia could do nothing but sit perched up on her chair.• Mr Grangesits bundled up in his aluminum chair and cutssnowflakes out of linednotebookpaper.• He just sat there up on his haunches, staring at it between her fingers.• Edwin would sit, propped up in his room, with plans of the estates and charts of the crops.• Jeanne sat hunched up on the woodencot which served as a bed.
sit up straight• He sat up straighter and locked both hands on the wheel.• Children were to sit up straight and put their chins to their chests.• They all sat up straight as Patrick walked among them.• They sit up straight, eyesforward, and concentrate on their teacher.• Sit up straight in your chair and pay attention.• They never put their elbows on the table, and they sat up straight instead of slouching.• He sits up straight to do up the buttons or velcro fastenings.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• She sat up straight with folded hands, frowning at me.
sit up (and take notice)• I was still groggy, but I could sit up.• He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder.• After a bit they sat up and watched the welcomebreeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley.• They sat up side by side in the bed, naked, listening, but Valerie no longer felt safe.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• Carol was dying, and he cried out in his sleep and sat uptrembling with coldsweats in the heat.• I sat up, wondering what the hell!
sit upADVERB➤abruptly, quickly, suddenly突然坐起來➤immediately立即坐直➤slowly慢慢坐起身◇She slowly sat up and looked around.她慢慢坐起來環顧四周。➤straight坐正PHRASES➤sit up and take notice (figurative) 關注起來;警覺起來◇Their actions have forced us to sit up and take notice.他們的行為迫使我們警覺起來。