set-up
美 ['sɛtʌp]
英語の語源
- set-up (n.)
- "arrangement," 1890, from verbal phrase set up, attested from c. 1200 as "to make ready for use" and from 1950 (in pugilism) as "to bring (someone) to a vulnerable position;" from set (v.) + up (adv.). The verbal phrase also can mean "to establish" (early 15c.) and "put drinks before customers" (1880).
例文
- 1. Place the omelette under a gentle grill until the top is set .
- オムレツをグリルの下に置いて表面が固まるまで弱火で焼く。
- 2.She conceded just three points on her service during the first set .
- 彼女は第1セットの自分のサーブセットで3点しか失っていない。
- 3.Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.
- 大火当時、貨物船のタンクを燃やして漏れた可能性があり、原油を引火した。
- 4.Hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame among the 50000 crowd.
- 数百枚のきつく巻かれた新聞が数5万人の人々の間で点火された。
- 5.The hotel is set plumb in the midddle of the high street.
- ホテルは商店街の中段にちょうど位置している。
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