setting
n. 環境; 情節背景; 調節點; 樂曲; 底座; 一套餐具
v. 放置,設定; 使處於某種狀況(set的現在分詞形式)
A particular setting is a particular place or type of surroundings where something is or takes place.
Rome is the perfect setting for romance...
羅馬是最適合談情說愛的地方。
Perth was the setting for the SNP's conference this year...
珀斯是今年蘇格蘭國民黨大會的召開地。
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.
可以用高火煮無骨魚片。
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
這些名詞均含"地點,位置,場所"之意。
The windows gleamed gold in the shine of the setting sun.
窗子在落日的餘暉中金光閃閃.
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.
啟航四天後, 泰坦尼克號在穿過北大西洋多冰的海域時, 瞭望員突然發現了一個巨大的冰山.
A visitor arrived just as we were setting out for the airport.
我們正要前往機場時來了一位客人.
Someone is always setting stories about that the Prince is to be married.
有人總是在散佈謠言說什麼王子要結婚.
The light from the setting sun glanced off the oil tanks.
落日的餘暉從油罐上折射出來.