a sitter for [sth]
for 后接所摆姿势的画像、照片等,表示“给……当模特”。
She was a sitter for the portrait.
她曾为这幅肖像画当模特。
坐着的人或动物;(尤指)被画像、拍照的人
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坐着的人或动物;(尤指)被画像、拍照的人
a person or animal that sits, especially someone posing for a portrait or photograph
She was a sitter for the portrait.
她曾为这幅肖像画当模特。
坐着的人(如供画像者)
Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
受雇看管或照料某事物的人;如保姆、看家者、宠物保姆等。
One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
起居室。
A sitting room.
降神会中的非灵媒参与者。
A participant in a séance who is not a medium.
The artist asked the sitter to turn her head slightly to the left.
画家让模特把头微微转向左边。
A patient sitter can make the portrait session much easier for everyone.
一个有耐心的模特会让整个肖像创作过程轻松很多。
The cat is a perfect sitter, remaining motionless while the photographer takes its picture.
这只猫坐得非常稳,摄影师给它拍照时它一动不动。
for 后接所摆姿势的画像、照片等,表示“给……当模特”。
She was a sitter for the portrait.
她曾为这幅肖像画当模特。
in 后接画作或照片,表示该人物出现在其中。
The sitter in the painting is unknown.
画中的被画者身份不明。
Not this
The sitter girl is my sister.
Use this
The sitting girl is my sister.
sitter 是名词,表示“坐着的人/被画像者”,不能放在另一个名词前当作形容词来用;要表达“正在坐着的女孩”,需要用动词 sit 的现在分词 sitting 作定语。
Not this
She sitter for the photographer yesterday.
Use this
She sat for the photographer yesterday.
sitter 是名词,不能用作动词;表达“坐着让摄影师拍照/画像”时,应该用动词短语 sit for,描述过去的动作要用其过去式 sat。
Not this
The sitter of this portrait is my grandmother.
Use this
The sitter in this portrait is my grandmother.
sitter 指“坐着被画像/拍照的人”;当你想说明画中的人是祖母时,应该用介词 in 表示“在画中”,而 of 通常表示所属关系,放在这里意思不正确。
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肖像模特;被画像的人
The portrait sitter remained motionless for over an hour.
这位肖像模特一个多小时都保持不动。
身份不明的被画者
The painting depicts an unidentified sitter in a blue dress.
这幅画描绘了一位身穿蓝色连衣裙、身份不明的被画者。
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sit(坐)加 -er,记住:坐着被画像的人就是 sitter。
语域:neutral 常见场景:portrait painting、photography session、art history 表示“坐着的人,尤指被画像或拍照的人”时,sitter 多用于艺术、摄影等专业或书面语境,语气中性偏正式;日常口语中更常说 model 或 subject。
These all share the -itter spelling and rhyme with sitter (UK /ˈsitə/). Note the double t; do not confuse sitter with seater, which has a different vowel.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.