setdown

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of setting down something or someone. countable,uncountable
    — setdown areas in a factory for materials unloaded from incoming vehicles
  2. The act of descending onto a surface (of an aircraft or spacecraft). countable,uncountable
    — The platforms [at the rear of the spaceship] will also have legs for landing—designed to cushion the setdown and also to help level off the ship.
  3. The humbling of a person by act or words. countable,dated,uncountable
    — Diva fell quietly asleep, and presently there were indications that she would soon be noisily asleep. Miss Mapp hoped that she would begin to snore properly, for that would be a good set-down for Lucia […]
  4. A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect. countable,dated,uncountable
    — He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! […] I wish you had been there my dear, to have given him one of your set downs.
  5. A sit-down meal eaten by a tramp; a charitable meal provided to a tramp in the giver's home. countable,obsolete,slang,uncountable
    — In Germany and England the tramps usually eat their set-downs in cheap restaurants or at lodging-houses.
  6. A person’s buttocks. US,countable,obsolete,slang,uncountable
    — “If we [boys] did get caught the watchman would take the wooden end of his hood, slap our setdowns, then give us a kick and say, ‘Get out!’ […]”

词形变化

setdowns plural set-down alternative

词源

* Deverbal from set down.
* (buttocks): See set as US regional form of sit, and see sit down.
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