settle
n. 有背长椅 vt. 决定, 整理, 安放, 使定居, 使平静, 支付, 安排, 解决, 结算 vi. 停留, 下陷, 沉淀, 澄清, 安下心来, 结清, 定居, 安家
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教材释义与例句
有背长椅
a seat, for two or more people, usually made of wood with a high back and arms, and sometimes having a storage space in the boxlike seat
解决；定居；沉淀；下陷
to end an argument or solve a disagreement
解决；安排；使…定居
释义与例句
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A seat of any kind.
古体[The] Queen or eorl's wife, with a train of maidens, bore ale-bowl or mead-bowl round the hall, from the high settle of king or ealdorman in the midst to the mead benches ranged around its walls, while the gleeman sang the hero-songs
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A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
古体Let us return now to the little girl we left feigning to sleep soundly upon a settle in the kitchen.
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A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
及物His fears were settled
She hopes to settle any questions about the plans.
The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
及物to settle a quarrel
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To pay (a bill).
非正式 及物to settle a bill
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
不及物He has settled with his creditors.
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To conclude or resolve (something):
To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
及物to settle my affairs
to settle her estate
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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To silence, especially by force.
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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To kill.
及物I poured a charge of powder over the nipple so as not tu miss goin' off if possible. Click! went the match,—up jumped the flock, or tried tu. As they bunched up, Peggy blazed intu 'em, settlin’ how many I didn't know, …
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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
及物clear weather settles the roads
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To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
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To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
不及物The weather settled.
Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
In particular, to establish in pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
美国 废旧 及物to settle a minister
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To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
不及物The roads settled late in the spring.
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
To make a jointure for a spouse.
不及物 废旧He sighs with most success that settles well.
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To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
殖民
定居
安家落户
不及物the Saxons who settled in Britain
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To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
不及物 及物the French first settled Canada
the Puritans settled New England
Plymouth was settled in 1620.
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To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
及物to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To become compact due to sinking.
不及物The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
不及物wine settles by standing
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
To become married, or a householder.
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
To be established in a profession or in employment.
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To establish or become established in a steady position:
To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
不及物They settled down at an inn.
The hawk settled on a branch.
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
及物to settle the sediment out of the water
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To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
及物to settle the chips in the potato chip bag by shaking it
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Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
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From Middle English settle, setle, setel, setil, seotel, from Old English setl (“that upon which one sits, a seat, a settle, a place to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *setlaz (“a seat; arm-chair”), representing Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo-, from *sed- (“sit”). Cognate with Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Latin sella.
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