Once the colony becomes sedentary, its members lose the wing muscles that carried them to the site.
一旦这个群体转为定居，其成员便会失去把它们带到此地的翅肌。
Which choice best defines “sedentary”?
A — Involving much sitting; inactive.. “sedentary” means Involving much sitting; inactive..
Which word means “Involving much sitting; inactive.”?
A — sedentary. “sedentary” means Involving much sitting; inactive..
sedentary — Involving much sitting; inactive.. In Chinese: 久坐的;惯于久坐的;固定不动的.
sedentary is pronounced //ˈsedntri//.
Once the colony becomes sedentary, its members lose the wing muscles that carried them to the site. (一旦这个群体转为定居，其成员便会失去把它们带到此地的翅肌。)
inactive, stationary, desk-bound — all close in meaning to sedentary (Involving much sitting; inactive.).
active, mobile — each the opposite of sedentary (Involving much sitting; inactive.).
Yes. sedentary is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
sed(坐,如 sediment) + -entary → 老是坐着 → 久坐的。