setter

• n. [机] 调节器；作曲者；排字工人；安装员，从事安装的人

比喻用法，来自 set,放置，设置，-er,表物。用于指蹲伏的猎狗。

setter (n.)

"one who sets (something)," c. 1400, agent noun from set (v.). As a type of hunting-dog (originally a type of spaniel), 1570s, so called because the dog is "set" on game.

1. Hammond was the early pace-setter.

起初领先的是哈蒙德。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She is considered a pace - setter in The corporation.

她被看成全公司的标兵.

来自辞典例句

3. Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.

吉姆站在屋里的门口边, 纹丝不动地好像猎犬嗅到了鹌鹑的气味似的.

来自英汉文学 - 欧亨利

4. The price of a setter within is the most expensive.

边滚筒式照排机的代价是最不贱的.

来自互联网

5. My wife is fond of chocolates; She has a very setter tooth.

我的妻子喜欢巧克力, 好吃甜食.

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