资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] ``A
      farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
      great rent''. --Bacon.

   {To sit at meat} or {at table}, to be at table for eating.

   {To sit down}.
       (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
           sit down when tired.
       (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
           town.
       (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
       (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. ``Here we can not sit
           down, but still proceed in our search.'' --Rogers.

   {To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for
      examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
      Univ.]

   {To sit out}.
       (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
           Sanderson.
       (b) To outstay.