| 单词 | settling down |
| 释义 | > as lemmassettling down a. The action of coming to rest, taking up a fixed or permanent position, becoming quiet or composed, etc. Also settling down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > coming to rest settling1608 lodgement1739 the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] > becoming quiet or tranquil settling1608 subsidence1675 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] > settling (down) in marriage settlement1861 settling down1911 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxi. 80 The great rage you see is cured in him,..trouble him no more till further setling . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶6 At his first settling with me. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop viii. 111 I hope you have no Thoughts of going again to Sea, as I have waited so many Years in Expectation of your settling, when you came home. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xii. 344 Dr. Marchmont..had been introduced to Sir Hugh upon the baronet's settling in the large mansion-house of that village. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 118 The process of settling down would go on until they settled into their graves. < as lemmas |
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