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set

[set]

vt.

(set; setting)

放[装, 设, 布]置, 竖立, 贴, 靠, 铺, 砌; 安置, 安排

set a pot on the fire

把锅放在火上

set a ladder against the wall

把梯子靠在墙上

set a receiver to the ear

把(电话)听筒放到耳边

set the table for dinner

在桌上摆设餐具准备开饭

He set the stake in the ground.

他将桩子竖在地上。

Please set the box on its end.

请把这箱子竖着放。

致, 使; 使处于某种状态, 使(某人)做某事

A spark set the woods on fire.

星星之火使整个森林燃烧起来。

I must set my affairs in order.

我必须使我的事情搞得井井有条。

Why didn't you set the boy right？

你为什么不纠正那孩子的错误呢？

A good night's rest will set you right.

酣睡一夜将使你的精神得到恢复。

My jokes set the whole table laughing.

我说的笑话使全桌人大笑起来。

Set a thief to catch a thief.

[谚]以贼捉贼; 以毒攻毒。

倾注; 使下决心

set one's heart on the common good

一心为公

set one's hope on becoming a teacher

渴望成为一名教师

He has set himself to learn from her.

他决心向她学习。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

世上无难事, 只怕有心人。

使(鸡)孵卵, 使(卵)受孵

set a hen

使母鸡孵卵

set eggs

把蛋给母鸡孵

种, 播, 植, 栽

set seeds

播种

set plants

栽植物

set a tree

植树

点燃; 放(火)

set a match to old papers

擦火柴点燃旧报纸

set fire to the enemy's ammunition dump

放火烧敌人的弹药库

Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.

森林有时因雷击而起火。

镶嵌; 点缀

set a diamond in a ring

在戒指上嵌钻石

The tops of the walls were set with broken glass.

墙顶嵌上碎玻璃。

The sky seemed to be set with diamonds.

天空似乎镶嵌了钻石。

The sky was set with myriads of stars.

无数星星点缀着夜空。

使凝结[固]; 使牢固; 使固定; 使(骨等)复位; 使(头发)成波浪形

set a butterfly

把蝴蝶固定住作标本

set a broken leg

接合断腿

Heat sets eggs and cold sets jullies.

加热能使蛋凝结, 寒冷能使冻胶凝固。

She had her hair set.

她把头发做成波浪形。

指定, 规定(日期, 价格, 限度等); 制定(规则等); 颁布; 估计; 评价

set a price on sth.

定价格

set a date for a meeting

确定会议日期

set the targets of production

定生产指标

set a price on sb.'s head

悬赏捉[杀]某人

set a rule

制定规则

set a limit

定一限度

set a distance

定距离

签(字); 盖(印); 印上(痕记), 写, 记录

set one's hand and seal to a document

在文件上签名盖章

The years have set their mark on his brow.

年岁在他的额上打下了印记。

树立(榜样), 创造(纪录)

set a new production record

创造新的生产纪录

The heroes set us a noble example.

英雄们给我们树立了崇高的榜样。

分配, 提出(任务), 指定(作业), 出[命](题目, 试题)

The manager set the clerks various tasks.

经理向职员们分配各项任务。

Who will set the papers for the examination？

这次考试由谁来命题？

调整, 校正(仪器); 拨准(钟表); 锉(锯齿), 拨(锯路); 磨快, 修平(剃刀等)

set the camera lens

调整照相镜头

set a plough

调整犁头于待用位置

set the alarm-clock

拨好闹钟

set one's watch by the time-signal on the radio

按收音机报时信号对表

set a razor

修平剃刀刀锋

set a saw

拨锯路

为...谱曲, 改写乐曲; 为...布景, 以...为背景

set words to music

为词谱曲

set piano music for the violin

将钢琴曲改写成小提琴曲

set new words to an old tune set

为旧调配新词

set the stage

为舞台布景

The story is set in the early days of World War

Ⅱ. 此故事是以第二次世界大战初期为背景的。

设(陷阱); 张(罗网); 扬(帆), 钩住(鱼颚)

set a trap for a mouse

放置捕鼠器

set sail

扬帆

排(铅字), 排版

set (up)type

排铅字

set up a manuscript

将原稿发排

The book is being set up now.

这本书正在排印。

使结(果实), 使(身体)长好; 使(性格)定型; 使(面团)发酵

This liquid, if sprayed on the flowers, helps to set the tomatoes.

如果这种液体洒在花上以后, 会促使蕃茄结实。

(猎狗)站住以鼻指示(猎物的)所在

(桥牌)打败(对方), 使打不到(叫牌数)

习惯用语: all set [美俚]准备就绪; be dead set against [口]坚决反对; be dead set on sth. 坚决作某事, 决计做某事; be hard set 处于为难境地(for, to) 感到饥饿坚决, 固执; get set 预备开始; make a dead set (猎犬发现猎物时)静立以头指向猎物 (at sb.)(向某人)猛扑坚决反对; 严厉地批评; 辛辣地嘲笑拼命追求(异性) 企图施加影响(于某人); 竭力取得(某人)支持、友谊、信赖等; strike a (stage) set 拆除舞台布景; set about 开始, 着手 [口]攻击散布(谣言) [俚]接连殴打, 乱打; setabroach 在(桶上)开孔(以便放出液体);开酒桶发泄(感情); 发表, 倾吐; 传播, 唤起; set afloat 下水传播, 散布; set against 使与...不和; 使憎恶; 使反对从...中扣除; 抵偿权衡; 把...与...进行比较; set alight 使...着火, 点燃...; set apart =set aside 使显得突出, 使...显得与众不同; set aside [apart] 把...另外存起来, 存储, 拨出分开, 放在一边撇开, 置之不理, 拒绝考虑【律】驳回, 撤消, 宣布为无效; set at 攻击, 猛烈抨击估计; 定价; 评价; set back 使倒退, 使受挫折; 推迟拨回(钟表的针) [口]使(某人)花费使(建筑物)往后缩; set before 把...放在...面前; 把...展示在...面前把...放在...之先; set beside 与...相比; set by 把...搁在一旁; 把...留作将来之用; set down 放下, 搁下让(乘客)下车; 把(东西)卸下车记下, 登记 [与as连用]认为是..., 看作是... [与to连用]把...归于; 把...解释为... 制定, 规定 [口]谴责, 申斥使飞机着陆; set fair (天气)晴定(不会转阴); set forth [out] 动身, 出发, 起程陈列, 展出提出; 发表; 陈述; 阐明表彰, 称道, 赞扬出版; set forward 出发, 出动把钟表时间向前拨, 拨快发表; 提出促进, 推动; set free 释放; 解放; set in (季节, 时期等)开始, 来临; 患上(某种疾病) (潮汐)上涨, 涌入; 向岸吹来; [喻]流行, 盛行插入; 嵌进; 缝进使(船)向岸边驶去; set loose 引起, 惹起, 招致; set much by 重视; 认为重要; set off 出发, 动身使爆炸, 点燃, 发射使(某人)开始做, 使发火; 触发, 引起衬托, 使更鲜明, 使显得美观分开, 隔开, 划出平衡; 弥补, 以...抵消...(against) (未干油墨)传污(另一印张); set on [upon] 攻击, 袭击使攻击, 唆使开始, 着手倾心于, 决心要雇用; set oneself against 坚决反对; 坚决与...为敌; set out 出发, 开始陈述.阐明, 提出(理由) 摆出, 陈列, 布置栽种, 移植打算, 计划 (潮水)退出, 向外流 (工程)布局, 设计, 放样; set over 把...放在...上面指派(某人)管理或负责让渡, 转让; set [put] right 改正, 矫正; 使恢复到良好状态指出正确道路使恢复健康; 治疗 [喻]解决(问题, 事情等), 收拾(局面); set sth. (to sth.) (为某曲调)配词; (为某诗词)谱曲; set ... to 用... 把...点燃; 用(笔)去写; set to 认真干起来, 大干起来; 大吃起来 [主语用复数]大打出手; 大吵其架; set up 竖起; 建起安装设立, 开办资助(某人), 扶持(某人)建立事业; 使自立; 使立足贴出; 悬出提出(意见、建议、新的学说), 创造大声发出排版, 排印引起, 导致使恢复健康[精神] [与as, for, to be连用]自命为..., 自称是... 拥立, 使居首脑地位, 使掌权 [口][常用被动语态]骄傲, 自负, 自命不凡 [常用被动语态]供给, 供应使锻练得体格健壮招待; 馈赠; set up as 当上了...., 干...的工作; set up with 向... 提供

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set

set&+{1}

[sɛt]

to put or place in position or into a specified state or condition

to set someone free

to put or be put (to); apply or be applied

they set the dogs on the scent

to put into order or readiness for use; prepare

to set the table for dinner

to put, form, or be formed into a jelled, firm, fixed, or rigid state

the jelly set in three hours

to put or be put into a position that will restore a normal state

to set a broken bone

to adjust (a clock or other instrument) to a position

to determine or establish

we have set the date for our wedding

to prescribe or allot (an undertaking, course of study, etc)

the examiners have set ``Paradise Lost''

to arrange in a particular fashion, esp an attractive one

the jeweller set the diamonds in silver

(of clothes) to hang or fit (well or badly) when worn

Also called: set to music to provide music for (a poem or other text to be sung)

Also called: set up to arrange or produce (type, film, etc) from (text or copy); compose

to arrange (a stage, television studio, etc) with scenery and props

to describe or present (a scene or the background to a literary work, story, etc) in words

his novel is set in Russia

to present as a model of good or bad behaviour (esp in the phrases set an example, set a good example, set a bad example)

to value (something) at a specified price or estimation of worth

he set a high price on his services

to price (the value of something) at a specified sum

he set his services at £300

to give or be given a particular direction

his course was set to the East

to rig (a sail) or (of a sail) to be rigged so as to catch the wind

(of the sun, moon, etc) to disappear beneath the horizon

to leave (dough, etc) in one place so that it may prove

to sharpen (a cutting blade) by grinding or honing the angle adjacent to the cutting edge

to displace alternate teeth of (a saw) to opposite sides of the blade in order to increase the cutting efficiency

to sink (the head of a nail) below the surface surrounding it by using a nail set

to give (a binary circuit) the value 1

(of plants) to produce (fruits, seeds, etc) after pollination or (of fruits or seeds) to develop after pollination

to plant (seeds, seedlings, etc)

to place (a hen) on (eggs) for the purpose of incubation

(of a gun dog) to turn in the direction of game, indicating its presence

to let or lease

to set a house

to defeat (one's opponents) in their attempt to make a contract

a dialect word for sit

the act of setting or the state of being set

a condition of firmness or hardness

bearing, carriage, or posture

the set of a gun dog when pointing

the fit or hang of a garment, esp when worn

the scenery and other props used in and identifying the location of a stage or television production, film, etc

Also called: set width the width of the body of a piece of type.the width of the lines of type in a page or column

the cut of the sails or the arrangement of the sails, spars, rigging, etc, of a vessel.the direction from which a wind is blowing or towards which a tide or current is moving

a temporary bias disposing an organism to react to a stimulus in one way rather than in others

a seedling, cutting, or similar part that is ready for planting

onion sets

a blacksmith's tool with a short head similar to a cold chisel set transversely onto a handle and used, when struck with a hammer, for cutting off lengths of iron bars

See nail set

the direction of flow of water

a mechanical distortion of shape or alignment, such as a bend in a piece of metal

the penetration of a driven pile for each blow of the drop hammer

a variant spelling of sett

adj

fixed or established by authority or agreement

set hours of work

rigid or inflexible

she is set in her ways

conventional, artificial, or stereotyped, rather than spontaneous

she made her apology in set phrases

resolute in intention

he is set upon marrying

(of a book, etc) prescribed for students' preparation for an examination

See set about See set against See set aside See set back See set down See set forth See set in See set off See set on See set out See set to See set up See set upon

set

set&+{2}

[sɛt]

a number of objects or people grouped or belonging together, often forming a unit or having certain features or characteristics in common

John is in the top set for maths

a group of people who associate together, esp a clique

he's part of the jet set

a collection of numbers, objects, etc, that is treated as an entity: 3, the moon is the set the two members of which are the number 3 and the moon.(in some formulations) a class that can itself be a member of other classes

any apparatus that receives or transmits television or radio signals

one of the units of a match, in tennis one in which one player or pair of players must win at least six games

Graf lost the first set

the number of couples required for a formation dance.a series of figures that make up a formation dance

a band's or performer's concert repertoire on a given occasion.a continuous performance

(in square dancing and country dancing) to perform a sequence of steps while facing towards another dancer

set to your partners

to divide into sets

in this school we set our older pupils for English

习惯用语: set eyes on to see

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同义词： adjust arrange fix place position regulate
反义词： rise

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set

词性及解释: n. 日落, 同伙, 组合, 集合, 装置; vt. 放, 安置, 放置, 设定, 使凝结, 点燃, 确定, 点缀, 使就位, 树立, 分配, 调整; vi. 日落, 凝固, 定型, 搁住, 结果, 适合; a. 决心的, 规定的, 故意的, 持久的, 固定的, 老套的, 准备好的; 【计】设置; DOS内部命令:改变或显示分配给环境变量的值; 【化】凝结; 套; 组; 装置; 机组; 【医】凝固; 套; 【经】组; 创

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