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词汇 setting
释义 setting
noun
uk /ˈset.ɪŋ/ us /ˈset̬.ɪŋ/

settingnoun (POSITION)


B2[ Cusually singular ]
the position of a house or other building: 位置;环境
Their house is in an idyllic country setting.他们的农舍地处恬静宜人的乡村。
B2[ Cusually singular ]
the time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, etc. happens: (小说、电影、戏剧等的)情节背景
The play has its setting in a wartime prison camp.这部戏的背景是战争时期的战俘营。
[ C ]
a place setting一套餐具(见 place setting)
 
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This would be the perfect setting for a wedding.
The hotel itself is in an idyllic setting.
The building is particularly notable for its garden setting.
This is a tale of life and death in the idyllic rural setting of a 15th-century manor house.
The movie casts a new light on the familiar Wild West setting.
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Places and locations
anatopism
coign of vantage
core
crime scene
deliver something to someone/somewhere
direction
hill
locus
madding
makerspace
Mecca
multi-location
retroperitoneal
retroperitoneally
scene
situation
spot
station
stronghold
subsite

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Cinema & theatre: production, direction & recording
Cutlery

settingnoun (CONTROLS)


[ C ]
a position on the controls of a piece of equipment: (机器的)调控装置
My hairdryer has three settings - high, medium, and low.我的吹风机有3挡——高温、中温和低温挡。
adjust a settingYou don't need to adjust the setting every time you take a photo.你不必每次拍照片的时候都调设置。
[ C ]
one of the various functions of a mobile phone or other electronic device:
Users are advised to change the setting by their phone companies, but not everybody does so.
How do I change my display settings?
See also
factory setting
 settings
[ plural ]
the place on a mobile phone or other electronic device where you can set various functions: (电子设备的)设置
Go to Settings to connect to Wi-Fi networks.在”设置“中连接到无线网络。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Measurements in general
altitude
bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetry
be running at somethingidiom
calibrate
calibre
cubic
depth
drop
elevation
factor
knee-length
micro
non-measurable
pico-
scale
stopping distance
tera-
uncalibrated

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settingnoun (JEWELLERY)


[ C ]
the piece of metal in a ring, or other piece of jewellery, into which a precious stone is fixed: 安置宝石的底座;镶嵌底座
a single diamond in a plain gold setting镶嵌在纯金底座上的单颗钻石
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Jewelry
ankle bracelet
antihelix
antitragus
auricle
bangle
barbell
be dripping with somethingidiom
bejewelled
brooch
charm
crown jewels
cultured pearl
diamanté
engagement ring
gem
jewellery box
medallion
rhinestone
tiepin
treasure

settingnoun (FILM/PLAY)


US
the place where a film or play is recorded or performed, and the pictures, furniture, etc. that are used:
The curtain eventually lifted on a new stage setting.
Even the books' most die-hard fans admit they have trouble reading without picturing actors and settings from the movies.
Synonym
set
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Theatres, cinemas & their parts
apron
art house
arthouse
backdrop
backstage
billboard
bioscope
fleapit
footlights
green room
loge
onstage
playhouse
scenery
stage door
stage left
stage right
stagily
stagy
wing

settingnoun (MUSIC)


[ C ]
music written or provided for a poem or other words so that they can be sung: 为…谱曲;给…配乐
setting ofHe sang Schubert's setting of a Goethe poem.他唱了一曲,是舒伯特为歌德的诗谱写的乐曲。
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Writing, reading & studying music
anti-musical
bar
canonical
composition
compositional
music-making
musically
musicologist
musicology
non-musical
reorchestration
rescore
self-composed
sheet music
sight-read
tablature
tone-deaf
transpose
transposition
uncanonical

setting | American Dictionary


setting
noun[ C ]
us/ˈset̬·ɪŋ/

settingnoun[C] (JEWELRY PART)


the part of a piece of jewelry designed to hold a stone:
It was her grandmother’s ring – a single diamond in a gold setting

settingnoun[C] (SURROUNDINGS)


the surroundings or place in which something is put:
The house has a beautiful setting overlooking the river.
The setting of the novel is Paris in the 1920s.

settingnoun[C] (CONTROLS)


a position of the controls on a machine or instrument:
If the image is dark or fuzzy, adjust the settings.
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