| 单词 | set |
| 释义 | set (once / 15 pages) 1vnadj 2vadjn 3n 4vnadj 5v A set is a group of things that belong together, like the set of even numbers (2,4,6…) or the bed, nightstands, and dresser that make up your bedroom set. Set has many different meanings. As a verb, it means to put in place. Remember where you set your keys down! If you pour concrete, it takes a while to set, or become firm. To "set the bar" is to establish a benchmark for excellence. To set in stone is to make permanent. Every evening, the sun sets beyond the horizon. WORD FAMILYset: preset, reset, seting, sets, setting, subset+/reset: resets, resetted, resetting/setting: settings/subset: subsets USAGE EXAMPLESThe infection sets off a cascade of events that ramps up inflammatory and immune response, Powers says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He waited for them to crowd around the vehicle and then set off the bomb. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Andrew Puzder, a restaurant executive set to serve as labor secretary, will face scrutiny for past comments on the minimum wage, among other policies. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v put into a certain place or abstract location Syn|Hypo|Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in introduce docketplace on the docket for legal action cockset the trigger of a firearm back for firing postposeplace after another constituent in the sentence preposeplace before another constituent in the sentence stepplace (a ship's mast) in its step put back, replaceput something back where it belongs stratifyform, arrange, or deposit in layers plantplace something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive intersperseplace at intervals in or among nestle, snuggleposition comfortably pileplace or lay as if in a pile arrange, set upput into a proper or systematic order lay over, superimpose, superposeplace on top of superposeplace (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide parkplace temporarily ensconce, settlefix firmly disposeplace or put in a particular order emplaceput into place or position emplaceprovide a new emplacement for guns shipplace on board a ship underlayput (something) under or beneath trenchset, plant, or bury in a trench pigeonholeplace into a small compartment shelveplace on a shelf jarplace in a cylindrical vessel reposeto put something (eg trust) in something signplace signs, as along a road middleput in the middle parallelizeplace parallel to one another buttplace end to end without overlapping recessput into a recess repositionplace into another position throw, thrustplace or put with great energy tee, tee upplace on a tee rack upplace in a rack coffinplace into a coffin bedput to bed apposeplace side by side or in close proximity place down, put down, set downcause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place seed, sowplace (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth misplaceplace or position wrongly; put in the wrong position juxtaposeplace side by side set downput or settle into a position bottleput into bottles bucketput into a bucket barrelput in barrels groundplace or put on the ground pillow, restrest on or as if on a pillow lose, mislay, misplaceplace (something) where one cannot find it again upendset, turn, or stand on end seat, sit, sit downshow to a seat; assign a seat for seatplace in or on a seat lay, put down, reposeput in a horizontal position place upright, stand, stand upput into an upright position reclinecause to recline plantput or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground instal, install, put in, set upset up for use deposit, fix, posit, situateput (something somewhere) firmly ladleput (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle poisecause to be balanced or suspended leancause to lean or incline clapput quickly or forcibly restput something in a resting position, as for support or steadying perchcause to perch or sit loadput (something) on a structure or conveyance cramput something somewhere so that the space is completely filled siphonmove a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action seatplace or attach firmly in or on a base positioncause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation glycerolise, glycerolizeplace in glycerol spaceplace at intervals marshalplace in proper rank settle, settle downsettle into a position, usually on a surface or ground throwto put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly imbricateplace so as to overlap pluginsert as a plug pluginsert a plug into inoculateintroduce a microorganism into insetset or place in glassput in a glass container catheterise, catheterizeinsert a catheter into (a body part) cupput into a cup interlard, intersperseintroduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions feed, feed inintroduce continuously slipinsert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly foistinsert surreptitiously or without warrant regularise, regularizemake regular or more regular orderplace in a certain order orderbring order to or into straightenmake straight or straighter rearrangeput into a new order or arrangement serialise, serializearrange serially alphabetise, alphabetizearrange in alphabetical order coordinate, organise, organizebring order and organization to interstratifyarrange rocks in alternating strata stratifyform layers or strata deployplace troops or weapons in battle formation aim, direct, take, take aim, trainpoint or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards buryplace in the earth and cover with soil hang upput a telephone receiver back in its cradle draw, string, threadthread on or as if on a string marshalarrange in logical order stringstretch out or arrange like a string spread out, string outset out or stretch in a line, succession, or series interleaveintersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data plume, preenclean with one's bill stackarrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances chainconnect or arrange into a chain by linking geminate, pairarrange in pairs concordarrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance cascadearrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible settlearrange or fix in the desired order pyramidarrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid corralarrange wagons so that they form a corral catenate, catenulatearrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores decorate, dressprovide with decoration developsuperimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry array, lay out, range, set outlay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line bundle, compact, pack, wadcompress into a wad reshipplace on a ship again or transfer to another ship reducereposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site popput or thrust suddenly and forcefully flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk downset (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise broadcastsow over a wide area, especially by hand inseminate, sow, sow inplace seeds in or on (the ground) scattersow by scattering raillay with rails heap, pile, stackarrange in stacks distribute, staggerto arrange in a systematic order stuffcram into a cavity rootplant by the roots puddledip into mud before planting checkrowplant in checkrows drapearrange in a particular way drapeplace casually reseatshow to a different seat laylay eggs blowlay eggs bedplace (plants) in a prepared bed of soil dibbleplant with a wooden hand tool afforest, forestestablish a forest on previously unforested land replantplant again or anew retrofitfit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house reinstallinstall again post, put upplace so as to be noticed inject, shootforce or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing gradatearrange according to grades treeplant with trees squareposition so as to be square sedimentsettle as sediment sedimentdeposit as a sediment dress, line uparrange in ranks bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to restplace in a grave or tomb reburybury again line upform a line orientcause to point displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v locate The film is set in Africa Syn|Hyper localise, localize, place present, represent, stage perform (a play), especially on a stage 3v put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground Syn|Hypo|Hyper plant root plant by the roots puddledip into mud before planting checkrowplant in checkrows bedplace (plants) in a prepared bed of soil dibbleplant with a wooden hand tool afforest, forestestablish a forest on previously unforested land replantplant again or anew treeplant with trees re-afforestreestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc. reforestforest anew lay, place, pose, position, put put into a certain place or abstract location 4v fix in a border The goldsmith set the diamond Hyper arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order 5v arrange attractively Syn|Hypo|Hyper arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress curry, dress, groom give a neat appearance to bob cut hair in the style of a bob waveset waves in marcelmake a marcel in a woman's hair gauffer, goffermake wavy with a heated goffering iron permgive a permanent wave to groom, neaten care for one's external appearance 6v put into a position that will restore a normal state set a broken bone Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put put into a certain place or abstract location 7v insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) Syn|Hyper countersink bury, sink embed deeply 8v disappear beyond the horizon the sun sets early these days Syn|Ant|Hyper go down, go under ascend, come up, rise, uprise come up, of celestial bodies come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 9n the act of putting something in position he gave a final set to his hat Hyper emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning the act of putting something in a certain place 10n representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production the sets were meticulously authentic Syn|Hypo|Hyper stage set scene, scenery the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale backcloth, backdrop, backgroundscenery hung at back of stage flatscenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting masking, masking piecescenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen set piecea piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting representation a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something 11n the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon before the set of sun Hyper descent a movement downward 12adj situated in a particular spot or position a house set on a hilltop Syn located, placed, situated settled established in a desired position or place; not moving about 13adj being below the horizon 2the moon is set Syn down being or moving lower in position or less in some value 1v decide upon or fix definitely Syn|Hypo|Hyper define, determine, fix, limit, specify quantify use as a quantifier namemention and identify by name resetset anew definegive a definition for the meaning of a word redefinegive a new or different definition of (a word) choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 2v fix conclusively or authoritatively set the rules Syn|Hypo determine identify, place recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something dateassign a date to; determine the (probable) date of valuefix or determine the value of; assign a value to filiatefix the paternity of formatdetermine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science) chargeset or ask for a certain price initialise, initializeassign an initial value to a computer program assess, taxset or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) pricedetermine the price of chronologise, chronologizeestablish the order in time of something misdateassign the wrong date to differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apartmark as different overestimate, overvalueassign too high a value to underestimate, undervalueassign too low a value to floatallow (currencies) to fluctuate mark upincrease the price of manipulate, rigmanipulate in a fraudulent manner overpriceprice excessively high underquoteoffer for sale at a price lower than the market price 3v establish as the highest level or best performance set a record Syn|Hyper mark establish, lay down, make institute, enact, or establish 4v estimate Syn|Hyper place, put approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) 5v become gelatinous Syn|Hyper congeal, jell solidify become solid 6adj set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people" Syn laid arranged, ordered disposed or placed in a particular kind of order 7adj determined or decided upon as by an authority the time set for the launching Syn determined, dictated settled established or decided beyond dispute or doubt 8adj converted to solid form (as concrete) Syn hardened hard resisting weight or pressure 9adj fixed and unmoving "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien Syn fixed, rigid nonmoving, unmoving not in motion 10n the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization 3he tested the set of the glue Syn|Hypo|Hyper curing, hardening, solidification, solidifying congealment, congelation the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 1n a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used a set of books a set of golf clubs a set of teeth Exp|Hypo|Hyper Trimurti the triad of divinities of later Hinduism dentition, teeth the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal singletona set containing a single member brace, paira set of two similar things considered as a unit triad, trio, triple, tripleta set of three similar things considered as a unit quadruple, quadruplet, quartet, quartettea set of four similar things considered as a unit quintet, quintette, quintuple, quintupleta set of five similar things considered as a unit sestet, sextet, sextettea set of six similar things considered as a unit septet, septettea set of seven similar things considered as a unit octet, octettea set of eight similar things considered as a unit chess setcheckerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess manicure seta set of implements used to manicure join, sum, uniona set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets Cartesian product, intersection, productthe set of elements common to two or more sets fieldall the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event fieldall of the horses in a particular horse race field(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information bracketa category falling within certain defined limits conjugationthe complete set of inflected forms of a verb suitea matching set of furniture choir, consorta family of similar musical instrument playing together core, core group, nucleusa small group of indispensable persons or things portfolioa set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers scorea set of twenty members threescorea set with 3 times 20 members synseta set of one or more synonyms primary dentitiondentition of deciduous teeth secondary dentitiondentition of permanent teeth trilogya set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme trigon, triplicity(astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Tweedledum and Tweedledeeany two people who are hard to tell apart direct suma union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets bit fielda field containing only binary characters income bracket, income tax bracket, tax bracketa category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income price bracketa category of merchandise based on their price bedroom set, bedroom suitea suite of furniture for the bedroom diningroom set, diningroom suitea suite of furniture for the dining room livingroom set, livingroom suitea suite of furniture for the living room cadrea nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols the set of prime numbers is infinite Hypo|Hyper interval a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints group, mathematical groupa set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse domain, domain of a function(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined image, range, range of a function(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined universal set(mathematics) the set that contains all the elements or objects involved in the problem under consideration locusthe set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions subseta set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set null seta set that is empty; a set with no members Mandelbrot seta set of complex numbers that has a highly convoluted fractal boundary when plotted; the set of all points in the complex plane that are bounded under a certain mathematical iteration mathematical space, topological space(mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind field(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1 root, solutionthe set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation diagonal(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry intersectiona point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations originthe point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero bounded interval, closed intervalan interval that includes its endpoints open interval, unbounded intervalan interval that does not include its endpoints sub-intervalan interval that is included in another interval subgroup(mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group Abelian group, commutative groupa group that satisfies the commutative law subspacea space that is contained within another space null spacea space that contains no points; and empty space manifolda set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions metric spacea set of points such that for every pair of points there is a nonnegative real number called their distance that is symmetric and satisfies the triangle inequality scalar fielda field of scalars abstract entity, abstraction a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples 3n several exercises intended to be done in series he did four sets of the incline bench press Syn|Hyper exercise set exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit 4n a unit of play in tennis or squash they played two sets of tennis after dinner Hyper period of play, play, playing period (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds 5n an unofficial association of people or groups the smart set goes there Syn|Hypo|Hyper band, circle, lot car pool a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, packan exclusive circle of people with a common purpose cohorta band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion) confederacy, conspiracya group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose Four Hundredthe exclusive social set of a city horsey set, horsy seta set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing jet seta set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure company, partya band of people associated temporarily in some activity Bloomsbury Groupan inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles bohemiaa group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style brain trust, kitchen cabinetan inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government loopan inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan) cabal, camarilla, faction, juntoa clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue junta, military juntaa group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power maffia, mafiaany tightly knit group of trusted associates faction, secta dissenting clique fatigue partya group of soldiers on fatigue duty landing partya part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore party to the action, party to the transactiona party of people taking a role in legal proceedings rescue partya party of rescuers search partya party of people to search for someone stretcher partya party of people with stretchers to carry an injured person war partya band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans) galere, rogue's gallerya coterie of undesirable people hard corethe most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement social group people sharing some social relation 6n any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals 4the early sets ran on storage batteries Hypo|Hyper receiver, receiving system set that receives radio or tv signals sender, transmitterset used to broadcast radio or tv signals direction finderradio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves jammera transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner, wirelessan electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals radio transmittertransmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals satellite receivera receiver on a communications satellite satellite transmittera transmitter on a communications satellite boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tv, tv setan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen television transmittertransmitter that is part of a television system electronic equipment equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) 1v put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state set the house afire Hypo|Hyper pitch set to a certain pitch keynoteset the keynote of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc Syn|Hypo|Hyper fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set up socialise, socialize prepare for social life providetake measures in preparation for cramprepare (students) hastily for an impending exam preconditionput into the required condition beforehand fixkill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study mountfix onto a backing, setting, or support lay out, set upget ready for a particular purpose or event winterise, winterizeprepare for winter summerise, summerizeprepare for summer primeinsert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing crop, cultivate, workprepare for crops brace, poiseprepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult overcrop, overcultivateto exhaust by excessive cultivation nerve, steelget ready for something difficult or unpleasant alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v get ready for a particular purpose or event set up an experiment set the table Syn|Hyper lay out, set up fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set up make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc 4v apply or start set fire to a building Hyper initiate, originate, start bring into being 5v adapt for performance in a different way set this poem to music Syn|Hypo|Hyper arrange prearrange arrange beforehand putadapt transposeput (a piece of music) into another key table, tabularise, tabularize, tabulatearrange or enter in tabular form compose, write write music 6v alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard Syn|Hypo|Hyper adjust, correct proportion adjust in size relative to other things modulateadjust the pitch, tone, or volume of temperadjust the pitch (of pianos) tune, tune upadjust the pitches of (musical instruments) calibrate, fine-tune, graduatemake fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring tune, tune upadjust for (better) functioning timeadjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time trimadjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used zero, zero inadjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) zeroadjust (an instrument or device) to zero value readjust, resetadjust again after an initial failure attuneadjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with timeregulate or set the time of modulate, regulatefix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of focalise, focalize, focus, sharpenput (an image) into focus sync, synchronise, synchronizemake synchronous and adjust in time or manner pressurise, pressurizeincrease the pressure in or of decompress, depressurise, depressurizedecrease the pressure of fit, matchmake correspond or harmonize plumbadjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical align, coordinate, ordinatebring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation harmonise, harmonize, reconcilebring into consonance or accord linearise, linearizemake linear or get into a linear form justifyadjust the spaces between words citifyaccustom to urban ways resetset to zero fine-tune, tweakadjust finely refocusput again into focus or focus more sharply phaseadjust so as to be in a synchronized condition puncturecause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing scale downreduce proportionally scale upincrease proportionally servicemake fit for use misalignalign imperfectly or badly keyharmonize with or adjust to advance, set aheadmove forward tune inregulate (a radio or television set) in order to receive a certain station or program balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrizebring into balance or equilibrium alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 7v set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly set clocks or instruments Hypo|Hyper reset set to zero advance, set aheadmove forward adjust, correct alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard 8v equip with sails or masts Syn|Hyper rig, set up equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose 9v set in type set these words in italics Syn|Hyper typeset impress, print reproduce by printing 10v give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor Hyper hone sharpen with a hone 11v urge to attack someone Syn|Hyper sic assail, assault, attack, set on attack someone physically or emotionally 12n a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way the set of his mind was obvious Syn|Hyper bent disposition, inclination, tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others 13n (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set Syn|Hyper readiness cognitive state, state of mind the state of a person's cognitive processes 14adj (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed 5we are set to go at any time Syn fit, primed ready completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress v bear fruit Syn|Hyper fructify multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant Set (once / 810 pages) n WORD FAMILY Set: Sets USAGE EXAMPLESSet up by an interception less than a minute later, McSorley plowed into the end zone on a three-yard run. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Set up a specific time to meet with your boss and signal that it will be an important conversation, one management expert said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Set an action plan with realistic and specific goals. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) n evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris Syn|Exp Seth Egyptian deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians |
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