to set a hen on eggs

to set a hen on eggs
1. (place, put) (小心翼翼地)安放, 安置
- She set the vase carefully on the shelf. 她把花瓶小心地安放在架子上。
2. (situate) 使位于；使处于
- They set the castle on the top of a rocky hill. 他们把城堡建在一座遍布岩石的山顶。
3. (give as setting) [+ film, play, book, action] 设置…的背景
- She set her first novel in 1950s New York. 她把第一部小说的背景设在20世纪50年代的纽约。
4. (causing a particular state) 使处于…状态
5. to set sb/sth doing sth
(making something happen) 使…开始做某事
- What he said set me thinking. 他的话让我深思。
- Set the kitchen timer going. 开启厨房定时器。
6. (adjust) [+ device, temperature, volume] 设置；设定
- I set the heating to come on in the morning. 我把暖气定在早上打开。
- Set the oven to 180 degrees. 把烤箱设在180度。
- I set the alarm for 7 o'clock. 我把闹钟定在7点。
- Set the volume as high as possible. 把音量调得尽量大些。
7. (fix) [+ date, time, target] 设定；确定
- They haven't yet set a date for the wedding. 他们尚未确定婚礼日期。
- His job is to set targets for limiting greenhouse gases. 他的工作是为限排温室气体设定目标。
8. to set a price on sth or to set a value on sth
(in money) 为…定价
(in importance) 确定…的价值
9. (establish) [+ record] 创立；开创；创造
- A new world record was set last year. 去年创下了一项新的世界纪录。
10. to set sb sth
(assign) [+ task, challenge, goal] 给某人定下…
- Learn to set yourself realistic goals. 要学会给自己设定切实可行的目标。
11. 【教育】 <英> [+ exam, question paper] 出(题目)；圈定…为考试内容
- Which of Shakespeare's plays is set for A-level? 莎士比亚的哪部剧是高级考试圈定的考试内容？
12. 【教育】 <英> [+ assignment, homework] 布置(作业)
- Did the teacher set any homework for you? 老师给你布置家庭作业了吗？
13. (make fixed or rigid) [+ face, jaw] 使呈现出固定的神情
- His features were set in a scowl. 他一脸怒气。
14. to set a trap
(prepare) 设陷阱；设圈套
- He seemed to think I was setting some sort of trap for him. 他似乎认为我在给他设下某种圈套。
15. to set the table
(with plates, cutlery) 摆放餐具；摆饭桌
16. 【音】 (provide music for) 为…谱曲；给…编曲
17. 【戏剧,电视】 (with scenery and props) [+ stage, studio] 为…设置布景
- The stagehands were busy setting the stage for Act 2 scene 2. 舞台工作人员正忙着为第二幕第二场布景。
18. (arrange) [+ hair] 给(头发)定型
- She had her hair set in a soft wave. 她让人把她的头发烫成了大波浪。
19. 【珠宝】 [+ jewel] 镶嵌
- The ring is studded with 15 diamonds set in platinum. 戒指上点缀着镶嵌在白金里的15颗钻石。
20. 【印】 [+ type] 排； [+ text] 为…排版
21. <英> (divide into sets) [+ pupils] (按年龄和能力)把…分成学习组
22. (cause to solidify) [+ cement, glue, jam] 使凝结；使凝固
- Is there anything you can add to set the concrete faster? 你能不能添加点儿什么东西让混凝土凝固得更快些？
23. 【医】 (after an injury) [+ bone, leg] 使复位
24. (give direction) 使(船只等)朝特定方向
- Their course was set to the east. 他们的航向定为朝东。
25. 【海】 (rig) [+ sail] 扬起
- a brig with all its sails set 一条所有风帆全部扬起的横帆双桅船
26. (sharpen) [+ blade] 磨快
27. (displace teeth of) [+ saw] 拨(锯齿)的锯路；调(锯齿)
28. 【木工】 (sink) [+ nail] (用冲钉器)将…钉入
29. 【计】 [+ binary circuit] 使置位
30. 【植】 (produce) [+ fruit, seeds] 结
- Plants set seed in order to perpetuate themselves. 植物结种子以延续生命。
31. 【农,园艺】 (plant) [+ seeds, seedlings] 插；栽种
- Set seeds thinly two inches apart. 间隔两英寸稀疏地下种。
32. to set a hen on eggs【农】 (for incubation) 使母鸡孵蛋
33. <爱尔兰,苏格兰> (let or lease) 出租
34. 【牌】 (defeat) 打败(对手)；使(对手)定约墩数落空
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