英语词汇“to be set about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. passive. To be studded, dotted, lined, etc. with a number of objects; occasionally †to be adorned or trimmed with. to be set about (archaic) or to be set round with, to be surrounded or encircled with, to have a circle of.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > be surrounded [verb (intransitive)]

to be set abouta1382

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. vii. 2 As an hep of whete, set aboute with lilies.

a1400 Parl. 3 Ages 31 And he assommet and sett of vi and of fyve.

c1400 Anturs of Arth. (Camden) x In clething vn-clere Was sette aure [Thornton MS. Cerkelytt] with serpentes, that sate to the sidus.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 90 Enuyronned and set aboute wyth gardes & wacche-men.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. b iv Quadrat is calde in armys whan the felde is set with sum tokyn of armys.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xviii. 51 b A very fayre fountaine, set about with diuers faire cypres trees.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxii. 60 b A rich pauillion of..satten set with gold and siluer.

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 6 A brownish stalke..set with long sharpe leaues.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 755 As with Starrs thir bodies all And Wings were set with Eyes.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 359 An admirable Picture..set about with columns of Alabaster.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1660 (1955) III. 246 The windos & balconies all set with Ladys.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶4 How thick the City was set with Churches.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 14 Fantastically set With cupola or minaret.

1889 M. E. Carter Mrs. Severn III. iii. viii. 205 The serene sky was set with stars.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiv. 252 A small ante-chamber, set round with velvet settees.

单词	to be set about
释义	> as lemmas to be set about a. passive. To be studded, dotted, lined, etc. with a number of objects; occasionally †to be adorned or trimmed with. to be set about (archaic) or to be set round with, to be surrounded or encircled with, to have a circle of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > be surrounded [verb (intransitive)] to be set abouta1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. vii. 2 As an hep of whete, set aboute with lilies. a1400 Parl. 3 Ages 31 And he assommet and sett of vi and of fyve. c1400 Anturs of Arth. (Camden) x In clething vn-clere Was sette aure [Thornton MS. Cerkelytt] with serpentes, that sate to the sidus. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 90 Enuyronned and set aboute wyth gardes & wacche-men. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. b iv Quadrat is calde in armys whan the felde is set with sum tokyn of armys. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xviii. 51 b A very fayre fountaine, set about with diuers faire cypres trees. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxii. 60 b A rich pauillion of..satten set with gold and siluer. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 6 A brownish stalke..set with long sharpe leaues. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 755 As with Starrs thir bodies all And Wings were set with Eyes. View more context for this quotation a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 359 An admirable Picture..set about with columns of Alabaster. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1660 (1955) III. 246 The windos & balconies all set with Ladys. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶4 How thick the City was set with Churches. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 14 Fantastically set With cupola or minaret. 1889 M. E. Carter Mrs. Severn III. iii. viii. 205 The serene sky was set with stars. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiv. 252 A small ante-chamber, set round with velvet settees. extracted from setv.¹ < as lemmas
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