set down

set down

verb

1. put down in writing
of texts, musical compositions, etc.

Synonym: write downget downput down

2. leave or unload

e.g. unload the cargo
drop off the passengers at the hotel

Synonym: dropdrop offput downunloaddischarge

3. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

e.g. set down your bags here

Synonym: put downplace down

4. put or settle into a position

e.g. The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley

5. go ashore

e.g. The passengers disembarked at Southampton

Synonym: disembarkdebark

6. reach or come to rest

e.g. The bird landed on the highest branch
The plane landed in Istanbul

Synonym: land

1. 制定，规定(规则等)
If a committee or organization sets down rules for doing something, it decides what they should be and officially records them.

e.g. The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.
会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。

2. 把(思想、经历等)写下来;记下
If you set down your thoughts or experiences, you write them all down.

e.g. Old Walter is setting down his memories of village life.
老沃尔特正在写他乡村生活的回忆录。

1. 放下：separate...from... 分开 | set down 放下 | set free 释放,解放

2. 记下：11.set back 推迟;阻碍 | 12.set down 记下 | 13.set free 释放

3. 卸下,放下,记下,记入：set back推迟,延缓,阻碍 | set down卸下,放下,记下,记入 | set forth阐明,陈述

4. 记下;登记;放下：set back (把钟等)往回拨;推迟 | set down 记下;登记;放下 | set fire to 使燃烧,点燃