set one's cap at

İngilizce - Türkçe

set one's cap at teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

abayı yakmak

İngilizce - İngilizce

set one's cap at teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

to choose the man as a potential husband (of a girl). Or, more generally, to choose something as a goal

How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number of caps set in his direction would furnish a warehouse. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise.

Heceleme

SET one's cap at

Türkçe nasıl söylenir

set wʌnz käp ät

Telaffuz

/ˈset ˈwənz ˈkap ˈat/ /ˈsɛt ˈwʌnz ˈkæp ˈæt/

Etimoloji

() Probably from French nautical expression ‘mettre le cap sur’, ‘to set a course for’.