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A set-to is a short fight or a sharp quarrel — a flare-up, not a long war. Two neighbours have a set-to over a parking space; two players have a set-to on the pitch. It can be with words or with fists, but it is over fairly quickly. The word is informal, and you hear it more in British English than American. You would not use it for a planned battle, a court case, or a sulk that lasts all week.
口角、短暫的爭執或打架(偏英式口語)。
組成A noun from the phrasal verb set to, meaning to start in — especially to start fighting.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
set-tonoun
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A fight.
- […] we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。