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sedentary 音标拼音: [s'ɛdənt,ɛri] a. 久坐的,坐惯的,土生的
n. 惯于久坐的人 久坐的,坐惯的,土生的惯於久坐的人 sedentary adj 1: requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life" Sedentary \Sed"en*ta*ry\, a. [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit: cf. F. se['e]dentaire. See {Sedent}.] 1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man. "Sedentary, scholastic sophists." --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life. [1913 Webster] Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] 3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil. [R.] "The sedentary earth." --Milton. [1913 Webster] The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] 4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.] "Sedentary numbness." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. [1913 Webster] {Sedentary spider} (Zool.), one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web. [1913 Webster] 46 Moby Thesaurus words for "sedentary":
abeyant, apathetic, at a standstill, cataleptic, catatonic, dead, dopey, dormant, dull, fixed, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lifeless, logy, motionless, passive, phlegmatic, quiescent, seated, sitting, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, stagnant, standing, static, stationary, suspended, tame, torpid, unactive, unaroused, unmoving
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