settled  /s'ɛtəld/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  settled
  (a.)固定的,決定的,不變的,永久的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Settled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Settling}.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See
     {Settle}, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE.
     sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation,
     sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. {Sake}.]
     1. To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm,
        steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to
        establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the
        like.
  
              And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him,
              until he was ashamed.                 --2 Kings
                                                    viii. 11.
                                                    (Rev. Ver.)
  
              The father thought the time drew on Of setting in
              the world his only son.               --Dryden.
  
     2. To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install
        as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as,
        to settle a minister. [U. S.]
  
     3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to
        render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
  
              God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
                                                    --Chapman.
  
              Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan.
  
     4. To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink;
        to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to
        settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
  
     5. To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable
        condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like;
        as, clear weather settles the roads.
  
     6. To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to
        render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a
        barrel or bag by shaking it.
  
     7. To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or
        question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make
        sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to
        quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle
        questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to
        settle an allowance.
  
              It will settle the wavering, and confirm the
              doubtful.                             --Swift.
  
     8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to
        compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
  
     9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to
        settle an account.
  
     10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott.
  
     11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as,
         the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New
         England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
  
     {To settle on} or {upon}, to confer upon by permanent grant;
        to assure to. ``I . . . have settled upon him a good
        annuity.'' --Addison.
  
     {To settle the land} (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear
        lower, by receding from it.
  
     Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust;
          determine; decide.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  settled
       adj 1: established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with
              details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at
              night" [ant: {unsettled}]
       2: established in a desired position or place; not moving
          about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people";
          "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here";
          "the advent of settled civilization" [ant: {unsettled}]
       3: inhabited by colonists [syn: {colonized}, {colonised}]
       4: clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances
          of success" [syn: {defined}, {formed}]
       5: not changeable; "a period of settled weather"