定居；殖民；沉淀；调整
结算；清算；（赌博）兑付赌金；定居、殖民、沉降、调整等的行为或过程。；账目的结算或清结；赌博赢款的支付。；沉淀物；[法] 固定；移住
The act of settling: establishing oneself, colonizing, subsiding, or adjusting.
定居、殖民、沉降、调整等的行为或过程。
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
账目的结算或清结；赌博赢款的支付。
The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings.
The settling of sediment at the bottom of the lake is a natural process.
沉积物在湖底的沉降是一个自然过程。
用法提示：此句中'settling'为名词，表示'逐渐下沉'的过程。
Engineers monitor the settling of the building's foundation over time.
工程师监测建筑地基随时间发生的沉降。
用法提示：此句中'settling'为名词，指建筑物地基的缓慢下沉。
After the earthquake, the settling of the ground continued for weeks.
地震之后，地面的沉降持续了数周。
用法提示：此句中'settling'为名词，表示地面的逐渐下沉。
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