setter

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n. 从事安装的人, 调节器, (警察)眼线

发音

UK /ˈsɛt.ə/
其它
AU /ˈset.ə/
US /ˈsɛt.ɚ/
US /-ɾɚ/

词形变化

setters 复数 setters settered settering setters 三单 settering 现在分词 settered 过去式 settered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

调节器；作曲者；排字工人；安装员，从事安装的人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A typesetter.

    Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.

  2. 2.

    One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.

    The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.

    The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.

  3. 3.

    Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.

    雪达犬

    赛特犬

    塞特犬

    She has a spaniel and a red setter.

  4. 4.

    A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.

    计算机
  5. 5.

    A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.

    体育
  6. 6.

    One who hunts victims for sharpers.

  7. 7.

    One who adapts words to music in composition.

  8. 8.

    A shallow seggar for porcelain.

  9. 9.

    A shill bidder at an auction.

    英国 废旧 俚语
  10. 10.

    The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

    二传

    举球员

    体育 游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

    英国 方言 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

compositor typesetter typographer

上位词 2

printer gun dog

下位词 4

English setter Gordon setter Irish setter red setter

相关短语

pace setter jet setter Irish setter 爱尔兰长毛猎犬 Gordon setter n. 哥顿塞特犬 English setter 英国赛特犬 pin setter Llewellin setter Laverack setter trend setter form setter route setter red setter n. 赤毛的塞特种猎狗

词源

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer. The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).

来源：wiktionary