释义 |
set something apartSeparate something and keep it for a special purpose: there were books and rooms set apart as libraries...- When we make something separate, we set it apart from the mundane world, dedicating it to the use of the Gods.
- The traditional home, of which a couple of rooms have been set apart for the visitors, is located along the banks of Periyar at Aluva and the package begins with an 18-km drive along narrow village roads and a dip in the river.
- The cemetery lay in back of the town quarry between the Middlesex and Brainerd Quarry companies, setting it apart and isolating it high on a promontory overlooking the quarries.
Synonyms isolate, separate, segregate, put to one side See parent entry: set |