set-up
美 ['sɛtʌp]
英文词源
- set-up (n.)
- "arrangement," 1890, from verbal phrase set up, attested from c. 1200 as "to make ready for use" and from 1950 (in pugilism) as "to bring (someone) to a vulnerable position;" from set (v.) + up (adv.). The verbal phrase also can mean "to establish" (early 15c.) and "put drinks before customers" (1880).
双语例句
- 1. Place the omelette under a gentle grill until the top is set.
- 将煎蛋饼放在烤架下用文火烘烤，直到表面凝固。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She conceded just three points on her service during the first set.
- 她在第一盘自己的发球局仅失了3分。
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- 3. Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.
- 大火当时有可能把货船上的油罐烧漏了，从而引燃原油。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame among the 50,000 crowd.
- 几百张卷紧的报纸在为数5万的人群中被点燃。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The hotel is set plumb in the middle of the high street.
- 宾馆正好坐落在商街的中段。
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