set
[set]
v.放置, 设定, 确定, 规定, 调整, 分配, (太阳)落下去, 将（宝石）镶嵌到（某物）, 配乐
n.集合, 组合, 日落, 一套, 一副, 一局比赛, 舞台, 姿态, 头发的定型
adj.规定的, 固定的, 不变的, 做好准备的, 固执的, 不自然的
例句与用法：
She admired the firm set of his shoulders.
她喜欢他的肩膀很结实。
I rely on you to set a good example.
我全靠你来树立个好榜样
She's in the top set in maths.
她在数学成绩最好的班上。
She set the foods and drink before the guest.
她把食物和饮料放在客人面前。
Do you have a color TV set?
你有彩色电视机吗？
Nothing in the world is too hard to do if we set our minds on it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
I received a set of gardening tools on my birthday.
生日那天，我收到一套园艺工具。
I can't stop you if you are set on going.
如果你决意要走，我也留不住你。
词形变化：
动词过去式: set | 动词过去分词: set | 动词现在分词: setting | 动词第三人称单数: sets |
详细释义：
vt.
1. 放, 置; 竖立; 使接触; 使处于(特定位置); 使坐落; 安装[O]
He set down the bag and rested for a while.
他放下袋子, 休息了一会儿。
A round table was set in the middle of the room.
房间中央放了一张圆桌。
2. 为(小说、舞台等)设置背景[H][O]
The play is set in 15th-century Italy.
这出戏以十五世纪的意大利为背景。
3. 使处于(特定状态)[O][O8]
She set the caged bird free.
她放走了关在笼中的那只鸟。
4. 使开始, 使着手做[O4][O2]
They set him to mow the lawn.
他们叫他给草坪刈草。
Her words set me thinking.
她的话使我深思。
5. 校正, 调正[(+for)]
She set the alarm for 5 a.m.
她把闹钟拨到早晨五点响铃。
6. 为……排版[(+up)]
7. 确定, 规定
But no date has been set for the visit.
但访问的日期尚未确定。
8. 树立(榜样); 创(记录)[O1]
Bob set us a good example.
鲍勃为我们树立了一个好榜样。
9. 镶嵌, 点缀[O][(+in/with)]
The diamond was beautifully set.
这颗钻石镶嵌得十分完美。
10. 使(骨)复位; 使(头发)成型
The doctor will set Dan's broken leg.
医生将把丹骨折的腿复位。
11. 使就座; 使(鸡)孵卵
12. 分派(工作); 指定(作业); 出(考题)[O1]
The teacher set his pupils a difficult problem.
老师给学生出了一道难题。
13. 使凝结
14. 为(词)谱曲; 为(曲)配词
15. 设(陷阱), 张(罗网)
They set a trap for the weasel.
他们给黄鼠狼设下陷阱。
16. 放(火), 点燃(火)
17. 打(印记); 签(名); 盖(章)
vi.
1. (日、月等)落, 下沉; 衰落
When we reached the hotel, the sun had set.
我们到达旅馆时, 太阳已经下山了。
2. 凝结, 凝固; 固定, 定型
The cement will set in a few hours.
水泥几小时后就会凝固。
3. (骨)接合
4. 着手于, 开始[(+to)]
They set to work as soon as they arrived.
他们一抵达就开始工作。
5. (植物)结果
6. (鸡)孵蛋
7. 出发[(+out/off)]
It was raining when we set out.
我们出发时正下着雨。
a.
1. (常用以构成复合词)位置……的
2. 固定的, 不变的; 老一套的
He is a man of set opinions.
他是个固执己见的人。
3. 规定的; (书等)指定的[B]
She got to the park before the set time.
她在约定的时间之前到了公园。
4. 【英】定菜定价的, 客饭的[B]
5. 下定决心的[F][(+on/upon/against)]
He was set on becoming a doctor.
他决心当个医生。
6. 准备好的[F][(+for)][+to-v]
I was set for the exam.
我已为考试做好准备。
7. 呆滞的, 呆板的
8. 很有可能的[F][+to-v]
n.
1. 一套, 一部, 一副[C][(+of)]
She bought a dinner set of Chinese make.
她买了一套中国制造的餐具。
2. 收音机, 电视机[C]
3. (舞台)布景; (电影)摄影场[C]
4. (网球的)一盘比赛; 爵士(或流行)乐组[C]
5. 发型[S]
6. 一伙人; (特殊)阶层[the S][G]
I warned her to keep away from that bad set.
我警告过她不要接近那帮坏蛋。
7. 凝结[S]
8. (身体的)姿势[the S][(+of)]
9. 【诗】(日、月等)沉落[the S][(+of)]
10. 苗, 秧, 插枝
短语词组：
make a dead set at
1. 联合攻击
The newspapers have made a dead set at this politician for using his official car for private purposes.
报纸一致抨击这位政客将公车私用。
set about
1. 着手, 开始(做)
He set about learning Chinese at age ten.
他在十岁时开始学中文。
She set about her housework straight after breakfast.
她早饭后立即着手料理家务。
set against
1. 使平衡
Certain business losses can be set against taxes.
某些营业上的亏损可以从税额中抵消。
set apart
1. 拨出
One day of the week should be set apart for relaxation.
每周应该拨出一天时间休闲。
set aside
1. 留出, 拨出
He set aside a little money each week.
他每周都留出一些钱备用。
2. 不顾; 不理会
3. 驳回; 取消
set back
1. 使受挫折
The bad weather will set back our building plans.
恶劣的天气将使我们的施工计划延后。
set down
1. 记下
I have set down everything that happened.
我已将发生的每件事记了下来。
set forth
1. 提出
Is this condition set forth in the agreement?
这一条件协议中提到了吗?
set in
1. 开始; 到来
Spring has set in very early this year.
今年春天来得很早。
set off
1. 出发, 动身
They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发寻找失踪的孩子。
2. 使爆炸
set on
1. 攻击
He was set on by robbers who took all his money.
他遭到强盗袭击, 他们抢了他所有的钱。
set out
1. 开始
He set out to paint the whole house but finished only the front part.
他开始着手粉刷整幢房子, 可是只完成了前面的部分。
set to
1. 开始认真干起来
If we all set to, we can finish cleaning the house in an hour.
如果我们开始认真干起来, 我们一小时就能把房间打扫干净。
set up
1. 竖立; 建造
2. 建立, 创立
A new government was set up after the war.
新政府于战后成立。