English Dictionary

sedentary

/ˈsɛd.ən.tɛɹ.i/

adj

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity. / (anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.

She leads a sedentary lifestyle, spending most of her time sitting at a desk.

意味（1）

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.

意味（2）

(anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.

意味（3）

(medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.

[…]the Egyptians; whose Sages were not sedentary, scholastic Sophists, like the Grecian[…]

意味（4）

(obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil

Such restless revolution day by day

Repeated, while the sedentary earth

Such restless revolution day by day Repeated, while the sedentary earth That better might with far less compass move[…]

意味（5）

(obsolete) Caused by long sitting.

till length of years

And sedentary numbness craze my limbs

till length of years And sedentary numbness craze my limbs To a contemptible old age obscure.