setting
n. 环境; 情节背景; 调节点; 乐曲; 底座; 一套餐具
v. 放置,设置; 使处于某种状况(set的现在分词形式)
A particular setting is a particular place or type of surroundings where something is or takes place.
Rome is the perfect setting for romance...
罗马是最适合谈情说爱的地方。
Perth was the setting for the SNP's conference this year...
珀斯是今年苏格兰国民党大会的召开地。
A setting is one of the positions to which the controls of a device such as a cooker, stove, or heater can be adjusted.
You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting.
可以用高火煮无骨鱼片。
A table setting is the complete set of equipment that one person needs to eat a meal, including knives, forks, spoons, and glasses.
1. the context and environment in which something is set;
2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
3. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
4. the physical position of something;
5. a table service for one person;
6. mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place;
1. (of a heavenly body) disappearing below the horizon;
place, position, spot, situation, site, location, locality, setting, scene
这些名词均含"地点,位置,场所"之意。
The windows gleamed gold in the shine of the setting sun.
窗子在落日的余晖中金光闪闪.
Four days after setting out , while the Titantic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
启航四天后, 泰坦尼克号在穿过北大西洋多冰的海域时, 瞭望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山.
A visitor arrived just as we were setting out for the airport.
我们正要前往机场时来了一位客人.
Someone is always setting stories about that the Prince is to be married.
有人总是在散布谣言说什么王子要结婚.
The light from the setting sun glanced off the oil tanks.
落日的余晖从油罐上折射出来.