settle的详尽释义是：v.(动词)解决，了结，和解安放决定，确定支付；结算；偿付；清算使定居安顿，安家，安居平静下来，安静下来使妥贴，使安定，处理好，料理，安排使沉淀；使澄清办好使安下心来，使平静下来，使镇定，使安宁稳定，固定平安结束，停息殖民于坐下下沉，沉淀结束争端还清欠款调停满足(雌性动物)受孕，怀胎(食物)被消化；助消化习惯，适应。settle的意思是v.解决；定居；安顿；平静；结算；n.背长椅，座位；定居，安顿。settle的读音是英['setl]；美['setl]。
一、详尽释义点此查看settle的详细内容
二、英英释义
"dust settled on the roofs"
"The case was decided"
"The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"
"The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
"We finally settled the argument"
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
"After some discussion we finally made up"
"The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
"He finally settled down"
"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"
"He settled the farm 200 years ago"
"This land was settled by Germans"
"She settled the teacart"
"We settled for a lower price"
"The two parties finally settled"
"the liquid gradually settled"
"the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
"He ensconced himself in the chair"
"I finally settled with my old enemy"
"let's finalize the proposal"
"The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
"Night fell"
"Silence fell"
三、词典解释
1.解决，结束(争端、纠纷)
If peoplesettle an argument or problem, or if somethingsettles it, they solve it, for example by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.
e.g. They agreed to try tosettle their dispute by negotiation...
他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。
e.g. Both sides are looking for ways tosettle their differences...
双方都在寻求消除分歧的方法。
2.庭外和解
If peoplesettle a legal dispute or if theysettle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example by paying some money or by apologizing.
e.g. In an attempt tosettle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution...
为了争取庭外和解，莫尔肯同意赔款。
e.g. She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court...
如果她同意庭外和解的话，得到的肯定会更多。
3.付清(欠款);结算(账单);结(账)
If yousettle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
settle什么意思
e.g. I settled the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine...
我为我的咖啡和他的两杯葡萄酒付了账。
e.g. They settled with Colin at the end of the evening.
晚上聚会结束的时候他们和科林结清了账。
4.决定;确定;安排好
If somethingis settled, it has all been decided and arranged.
e.g. As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled...
我们这边已经安排妥当了。
e.g. That's settled then. We'll exchange addresses tonight.
那就定下来了，我们今晚交换联系地址。
5.(以遗嘱等正式方式)赠予,授予
Tosettle moneyon someone means to formally give it to them, for example in a will.
e.g. She offered tosettle a legacy on Katharine.
她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。
6.在…定居;使定居;把…安置在
When peoplesettle a place or in a place, or when a governmentsettles them there, they start living there permanently.
e.g. Refugees settling in Britain suffer from a number of problems...
在英国定居的难民面临很多问题。
e.g. He visited Paris and eventually settled there...
他造访了巴黎，并最终在那儿定居下来。
7.(使)坐下;(使)处于舒适的位置
If yousettle yourself somewhere orsettle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.
e.g. Albert settled himself on the sofa...
艾伯特舒舒服服地坐在沙发上。
e.g. Jessica settled into her chair with a small sigh of relief.
杰茜卡微微松了口气，坐到了椅子上。
8.(使)缓慢沉落;(使)逐渐下陷
If somethingsettles or if yousettle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.
settle
e.g. A black dust settled on the walls...
墙上落了一层黑色的粉尘。
e.g. Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded...
一旦杂质沉淀下去，油就可以分级了。
9.(目光)落在…上，注视着
If your eyessettle on orupon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.
e.g. The man let his eyessettle upon Cross's face.
那名男子的目光落在了克罗斯的脸上。
10.(鸟、昆虫)降落，栖息
When birds or insectssettle on something, they land on it from above.
e.g. Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal.
几只蛾子在它前面飞，最终落在了那块粗糙的喷漆金属上。
11. see also: settled
12. when the dust settles -> see dust
tosettle a score -> see score
相关词组：settle downsettle forsettle insettle onsettle up
四、例句
If you pay for both of us now, we can settle up later.
你要是现在先付清咱们两人的帐，事后咱们俩再细算。
An official mission was sent to settle the dispute.
一个官方使团被派去解决争端。
The two companies settled out of court.
两家公司在法院外了结了争端。
They moved the local people and settle them in another place.
他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。
He's of an age when he ought to settle down.
他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。
The thunderstorm may settle the weather.
这场雷暴过后天气可能反而好些。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
When you're settling the room after breakfast.
出自：A. TrollopeWith great care..settled it into the breastpocket of his shirt.
出自：J. AgeeMrs. Garland settled her bonnet.
出自：A. Uttley七、常见错误
误 Both sides settled the problem at last.
正 Both sides solved the problem at last.
析 表示“解决问题”,通常要说solve a problem,其中 solve 不能改用settle。 settle的宾语通常可以是 dispute(争执), affair(事务), matter(事情), argument(争论), quarrel(争吵)等。
她安稳地坐下来看书。误 She settled down reading her book.
正 She settled down to read her book.
析 表示“安稳地坐下来做某事”可用settle down to- v 的结构。 settle down后面跟动词不定式,不跟动词的现在分词形式。
我们安下心来讨论英语俚语的用法。误 We settled down for a quiet discussion of English slang.
正 We settled down to a quiet discussion of English slang.
析 表示“安下心来做某事”时settle down后可接动词不定式,还可接由介词to引起的短语。to不可换为for。
settle的相关近义词
calm、decide、determine、establish、fix、quieten、resolve
settle的相关反义词
settle的相关临近词
settlement、Settings、settled、settle in、settledly、settle up、settle to、settle on、settle out、settle for、settledown、settleable