Settle

(noun.) a long wooden bench with a back.

(verb.) take up residence and become established; 'The immigrants settled in the Midwest'.

(verb.) form a community; 'The Swedes settled in Minnesota'.

(verb.) become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; 'He finally settled down'.

(verb.) establish or develop as a residence; 'He settled the farm 200 years ago'; 'This land was settled by Germans'.

(verb.) become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; 'The roar settled to a thunder'; 'The wind settled in the West'; 'it is settling to rain'; 'A cough settled in her chest'; 'Her mood settled into lethargy'.

(verb.) settle conclusively; come to terms; 'We finally settled the argument'.

(verb.) end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; 'The two parties finally settled'.

(verb.) accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; 'We settled for a lower price'.

(verb.) arrange or fix in the desired order; 'She settled the teacart'.

(verb.) cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids).

(verb.) become clear by the sinking of particles; 'the liquid gradually settled'.

(verb.) come to rest.

(verb.) settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; 'dust settled on the roofs'.

(verb.) dispose of; make a financial settlement.

(verb.) get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; 'I finally settled with my old enemy'.

录入:特伦特

• Have you lately come to settle in this neighbourhood, or do you own to another neighbourhood? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Her clumsy fib had let him see that she had something to conceal; and she was sure he had a score to settle with her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• There I parted from my old pals and determined to settle down to a quiet and respectable life. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Do--now pray do let us settle this little difference of ours by word of mouth, if we can! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I watched them settle on the ceiling. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I believe the ensilage would be better without any tramping and packing if we could only get it to settle uniformly without. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Then one sort of men began to settle down, and another sort became more distinctly nomadic. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I had settled things with father and mother. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Mr. Letterblair tells me the financial question has been settled-- Oh, yes, she said indifferently. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Just step there with me,' said Roker, taking up his hat with great alacrity; 'the matter's settled in five minutes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was not all settled before Monday: as soon as it was, the express was sent off to Longbourn. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• But the government of King William was not then fully settled. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The shadows were deepening, darkness was settling in. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• That will be the best way of settling them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• There was no such settling down behind a final frontier on the part of the Chinese as we see in the case of the Romans at the Rhine and Danube. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mrs Lammle, settling into her defiant manner, pushed her plate away, looked at her husband, and laughed; but by no means gaily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It was like strange moths, very soft and silent, settling on her from the darkness of her soul. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It does seem a very preposterous way of settling a dispute. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• You'll make money of your good looks, and of the money Mrs Boffin and me will have the pleasure of settling upon you, and you'll live and die rich. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Many varieties of coal produce a quantity of fine dust which settles in the roadways, on roof, and sides, and floor. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Free chlorine is heavier than air, and hence when it leaves the exit tube it settles at the bottom of the jar, displacing the air, and finally filling the bottle. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There were two wooden settles by the fire, one on either side of it, with a corresponding table before each. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• When the gas holder is full it is buoyed up by the lighter gas, and occupies an elevated position, and as its supply is used up, the gas holder settles down into the water. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The remainder of the sugar settles at the bottom of the vessel, and cannot be dissolved by any amount of stirring. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Wild yeast settles on the skin of grapes and apples, but since it does not have access to the fruit juices within, it remains inactive very much as a seed does before it is planted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Facing the fire between the settles, a sofa, a footstool, and a little table, formed a centrepiece devoted to Mrs Boffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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