Определение set one's cap at в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
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.
set one's cap at
Расстановка переносов
SET one's cap at
Турецкое произношение
set wʌnz käp ät
Произношение
/ˈset ˈwənz ˈkap ˈat/ /ˈsɛt ˈwʌnz ˈkæp ˈæt/
Этимология
() Probably from French nautical expression ‘mettre le cap sur’, ‘to set a course for’.