单词 | to settle in |
释义 | > as lemmasto settle in 12. = to settle oneself (sense 3). Sometimes of birds, etc. with mixture of sense 8 to settle in: to dispose oneself for remaining indoors. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > remain indoors firec1500 to keep one's (or the) house1542 to keep up1704 to settle in1817 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. iv. 68 The little irritable citizens [sc. bees], who were settling in their straw-thatched mansion for the evening. 1828 N. P. Willis in Legendary II. 183 When..the birds settle to their nests. 1833 Lady Morgan Diary 24 Dec. in Memoirs (1862) II. xxii. 377 On my return, settled in to write. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 14 Like a clamour of the rooks At distance, ere they settle for the night. 1864 E. Yates Broken to Harness I. xv. 272 The inhabitants of the neighbouring houses had pulled their blinds down and settled in for the night. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. xxiii. 397 The clang of the wild-fowl settling down to rest. 1902 ‘M. Fairless’ Roadmender 24 The child..extracted from the basket a small black cat, and settled in for the afternoon. < as lemmas |
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