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单词 set-in
释义

set-in

[ set-in ]
/ ˈsɛtˌɪn /

adjective

made separately and placed within another unit.

Origin of set-in

First recorded in 1525–35; adj. use of verb phrase set in

Words nearby set-in

Seth, SETI, setiferous, setiform, setigerous, set-in, set in motion, set-in sleeve, setireme, set-jetting, setline
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Example sentences from the Web for set-in

  • Those wide seams in the whitewashed ceiling must mean the cracks due to a set-in door.

    The Girl in the Mirror|Elizabeth Garver Jordan
  • In general the strongest flood does not set-in till Midsummer.

    Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn
  • "It's a set-in rain, and we're goin' to have a hard time," Hubert complained.

    Captain Ted|Louis Pendleton
  • Fine weather may, perhaps, have set-in in the interval in all parts of the mountains.

    Western Himalaya and Tibet|Thomas Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for set-in

set in

verb (intr, adverb)

to become establishedthe winter has set in
(of wind) to blow or (of current) to move towards shore

adjective set-in

(of a part) made separately and then added to a larger wholea set-in sleeve
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with set-in

set in

1

Insert, put in, as in I still have to set in the sleeves and then the sweater will be done. [Late 1300s]

2

Begin to happen or become apparent, as in Darkness was setting in as I left. [c. 1700]

3

Move toward the shore, said of wind or water, as in The tide sets in very quickly here. [Early 1700s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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