周遭的環境、場景
最貼核心的一家：一樣東西被放在某處，它四周的整片環境就是它的 setting——重點從『那個點』擴到『點周圍的一切』。
setting (place/environment) · noun · B2
The place where something is or happens, and the general environment around it.
環境／場所
核心畫面
Setting comes from set — to place something down in a spot and let it stay there. So you can hold setting as the spot a thing has been put into, and everything around it: where it sits, what surrounds it, how it has been positioned. From a real place around you, to where a control is parked, to where a gem is seated — it is always 'the place/position something has been set into.'
setting 來自 set（把東西放下、安置在某處讓它定住）。所以可以把 setting 想成「一樣東西被擺進去的…更多收起
setting 來自 set（把東西放下、安置在某處讓它定住）。所以可以把 setting 想成「一樣東西被擺進去的那個位置，連同它周圍的一切」——它落在哪、四周是什麼、被擺成什麼樣子。從你身邊真實的場景，到旋鈕被轉到哪一格，到寶石被嵌在哪個座子上，骨子裡都是同一個畫面：某樣東西被『安置』進去的那個位置。Six branches
故事發生的時空背景
把『真實的環境』搬進故事裡：作者替情節挑一個被擺進去的時空，那就是故事的 setting——人物被『安置』在哪個年代、哪個地方上演。
setting (of a story) · noun · B2
The time and place where the events of a story happen.
（故事）背景
機器被調到的位置、檔位
把『被安置的位置』收小到一個旋鈕或開關上：你把控制鈕轉到、停在某一格，那一格就是它的 setting——東西被『擺』到哪個位置的意思沒變，只是縮到了機器上。
setting (of a machine's controls) · noun · B2
The position you choose for the controls on a machine or device.
設定／檔位
珠寶的鑲座
回到最具體的『安置』：一顆寶石被穩穩嵌進金屬框裡，托住它、固定它的那個座子就是 setting——東西被『放定』在一個位子上的畫面，這裡看得最清楚。
setting (holding a jewel) · noun · B2
The metal part that holds a stone in a piece of jewellery.
（珠寶）鑲座
替文字配上的曲子
把『安置』用在文字和音樂上：作曲家把一段詩或禱詞『擺進』旋律裡、替它配上曲調，這份譜好的音樂就是那些字的 setting。
setting (music for a poem) · noun · B2
A piece of music written to fit a poem or other words.
（樂曲）配樂
日頭落下
這一家走的是 set 的另一面：太陽 set 是『落下、沈下去』。傍晚太陽慢慢沈到地平線下的那個過程，文謅謅地就叫 the setting of the sun——這裡的『安置』是太陽自己沈定下去。
setting (of the sun) · noun · B2
The time when the sun goes down — a literary way of describing sunset.
（日）落下
原始詞典資料12 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。
settingnoun/ˈsɛtɪŋ/
- 1
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- 2
The act of setting (various senses).
- the setting of the sun
- the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
- 3
A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- 4
A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- the volume setting on a television
- 5
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- 6
Hunting with a setter.
- 7
Something set in, or inserted.
- Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.
- 8
A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
- Bach's setting of the Magnificat
另外 2 個記錄的用法
- 9
The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- 10
The direction of a current of wind.
settingadj/ˈsɛtɪŋ/
- 1
That disappears below the horizon.
- the setting sun
- As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。