set in
phrasal verbwithsetverbuk/set/us/set/present participlesetting|past tense and past participleset
When somethingunpleasantsets in, itbeginsandseemslikelytocontinuein aseriousway:
(不好的事)到来,开始(而且可能会持续)Thisrainlooksas if it has set infortherestof theday.看来今天雨不会停。
If you getbittenby adog, you have to makesurethewoundiscleanedwell, or aninfectioncould set in.如果你被狗咬了,必须确保伤口彻底清理干净,否则可能会发生感染。
Despairseemsto have set in among theteam.整支队伍似乎都陷入了绝望之中。
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
- the ground floor