| 释义 |
Noun: setting seting- The context and environment in which something is set
"the perfect setting for a ghost story"
- scene - The state of the environment in which a situation exists
"you can't do that in a university setting"
- background, scope - Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- mise en scène, stage setting - The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- context, circumstance - The physical position of something
"he changed the setting on the thermostat" - A table service for one person
"a place setting of sterling flatware"
- place setting - A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewellery) that holds a gem in place
- mount
Verb: set (set,setting) set- Put into a certain place or abstract location
"Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"
- put, place, pose, position, lay - Fix conclusively or authoritatively
"set the rules"
- determine - Decide upon or fix definitely
- specify, determine, define, fix, limit - Establish as the highest level or best performance
"set a record"
- mark - Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
"set the house afire" - Fix in a border
"The goldsmith set the diamond" - Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up - Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
"set clocks or instruments" - Locate
"The film is set in Africa"
- localize, localise [Brit], place - Disappear beyond the horizon
"the sun sets early these days"
- go down, go under - Adapt for performance in a different way
"set this poem to music"
- arrange - Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- plant - Apply or start
"set fire to a building" - Become gelatinous
- jell, congeal - Set in type
"set these words in italics"
- typeset - Put into a position that will restore a normal state
"set a broken bone" - Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- countersink - Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- Urge to attack someone
- sic - Estimate
- place, put - Equip with sails or masts
- rig, set up - Get ready for a particular purpose or event
"set up an experiment"; "set the table"
- set up, lay out - Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- adjust, correct - Bear fruit
- fructify - Arrange attractively
- dress, arrange, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
Derived forms: settings See also: set ahead, set apart, set aside, set back, set down, set off, set out, set up Type of: alter, approximate, arrange, assail, assault, attack, bury, change, choose, come down, compose, descend, displace, environment, environs, equip, establish, estimate, fall, fit, fit out, gauge, go down, groom, guess, hone, impress, initiate, judge, lay down, make, modify, mounting, move, multiply, neaten, originate, outfit, pick out, place, position, present, print, procreate, represent, reproduce, select, service, set on, set up, sink, solidify, stage, start, surround, surroundings, table service, take, write Antonym: rise Encyclopedia: Set Setting |