(of a person) tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive (人)习惯于久坐的;不太活动的 ■(of work or a way of life) characterized by much sitting and little physical exercise (工作,生活方式)需久坐的;缺乏运动的 ■(of a position) sitting; seated (姿势)坐的;坐着的 ■(Zoology & Anthropology)inhabiting the same locality throughout life; not migratory or nomadic (动,人类学)定居的;不迁徙的 ■(Zoology)(of an animal) sessile (动)(动物)静止的,固着的
派生 sedentarily adverb sedentariness noun 语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'not migratory'): from French sédentaire or Latin sedentarius, from sedere 'sit'