setter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛt.ə/    美 /ˈset.ə/|/ˈsɛt.ɚ/|[-ɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. 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.
  3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
    — She has a spaniel and a red setter.
  4. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  5. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
  6. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
    — It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.
  7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
    — O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice
  8. One who adapts words to music in composition.
  9. A shallow seggar for porcelain.
  10. A shill bidder at an auction. UK,obsolete,slang
动词 v.
  1. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. UK,dialectal,transitive

词形变化

setters plural setters present,singular,third-person settering participle,present settered participle,past settered past

词汇关系

衍生词
bonesetter English setter felon-setter filmsetter firesetter form setter gemsetter Gordon setter imagesetter Irish red and white setter Irish setter jet-setter Laverack setter Llewellin setter moodsetter nonsetter nutsetter onsetter pacesetter photosetter pinsetter red setter route setter scenesetter setterlike setter-up setterwort tasksetter toolsetter trendsetter
相关词
seater sitter

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).
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