sitter

シッター、世話係

親や飼い主、家主の留守中に、報酬をもらって子供やペット、家の世話をする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone paid to look after children, pets, or a home while the owner or parent is away.

• We need a sitter tonight.
• The pet sitter fed our cats while we were away.
• Have you booked a sitter for Saturday?

類義語： babysitter, carer, caretaker

よく使う表現： hire a sitter, pet sitter, house sitter, find a sitter

座っている人、肖像画のモデル

座っている人。特に、画家に肖像を描いてもらうために座る人。

やさしい英語で： A person who sits, especially while an artist paints or draws them.

• The sitter remained still.
• The artist asked her sitter to turn his head.
• Several sitters posed for the photographer that morning.

使い方： sitter for someone (She was a frequent sitter for the portrait painter.)

類義語： model

よく使う表現： portrait sitter, sitter for someone, patient sitter

居間、リビングルーム

家の中で、人々が一緒に座ってくつろぐ部屋。

やさしい英語で： A room in a home where people sit together and relax.

• We had tea in the sitter.
• Their small sitter had two armchairs and a fireplace.
• The front sitter overlooked the garden.

類義語： living room, sitting room, lounge

よく使う表現： cozy sitter, front sitter, in the sitter

交霊会の参加者

死者と交信する集まりに出席する人で、交信を導く役ではない人。

やさしい英語で： Someone attending a meeting to contact the dead, who does not lead the contact.

• Each sitter joined the circle.
• The medium asked every sitter to remain quiet.
• One sitter believed the message came from her grandmother.

類義語： participant

よく使う表現： seance sitter, quiet sitter, sitter beside someone