Settling
['setlɪŋ] or ['sɛtlɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Settle
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
(n.) That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
巴尔托迪編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Planting, colonizing.[2]. Subsidence.
手打:劳里
例句/造句/用法:
- The shadows were deepening, darkness was settling in. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- That will be the best way of settling them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- There was no such settling down behind a final frontier on the part of the Chinese as we see in the case of the Romans at the Rhine and Danube. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mrs Lammle, settling into her defiant manner, pushed her plate away, looked at her husband, and laughed; but by no means gaily. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It was like strange moths, very soft and silent, settling on her from the darkness of her soul. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It does seem a very preposterous way of settling a dispute. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- You'll make money of your good looks, and of the money Mrs Boffin and me will have the pleasure of settling upon you, and you'll live and die rich. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When he found himself in danger of settling into even a good one, he made a point of interrupting it. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Yes, regarding my respected father,' assented Eugene, settling himself in his arm-chair. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- One of the difficulties in silo construction is to avoid spreading of the building, which sometimes occurs through lateral pressure of the contents when settling. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I should have shut the door in his face if he had, said Jo, settling herself on the floor at her mother's feet. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- His hands were raised, and he seemed to be settling his necktie. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Hence the amount of difference is one very important criterion in settling whether two forms should be ranked as species or varieties. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Upon which Mrs. Pocket laughed and said, Thank you, Flopson, and settling herself in one chair only, resumed her book. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Ah, then, we'll step over afterwards, said the Colonel, coolly settling down to his breakfast again. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
編輯:谢尔顿