| 单词 | confine |
| 释义 | confine /kan'fam; kan'fain/ vt 1 [VP14] ~ to. keep or hold, restrict, within limits: 限制; 限于范围内： I wish the speaker would ~ himself to the subject. 我希望演说者不要离题。 Please ~ your remarks to the subject we are debating. 请你发言不要离开我们所讨论的题目。 2 [VP6A, 14] keep shut up: 关起来; 禁闭： Is it crutl to ~ a lark in a cage? 将云雀关在笼子里是殛忍的吗？ He is ~d to the house by illness. 他受疾病的限制不能出门。 I should hate to be ~d within the four walls of an office all day. 我讨厌终日被关在办公室里。 3 be ~d, (passiye only) (old use) be in bed to give birth to a child: (仅用于被动语态) (旧用法) 分晚： She expects tb be next month. 她预期下月分魏。 corvfined adj (of space) limited; narrow; restricted. (指空间) 有限的; 弑窄的。 ~ment n 1 [U] being ~d; imprisonment: 限制; 监禁; 禁闭; 拘禁： He was placed in ~ me 叫 in prison, in a mental hospital, etc. 他被监禁 (坐牢, 关在精神病院等) 。 The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary ment. 那囚犯被判处三个月的单独监禁。 2 [U] giving birth to a child; [C] instance of this: 分娩; 分娩的实例： Dr Spock has attended six ~ merits this week 史波克医生这一星期接了六次生。 When does she expect her ment? 她预期何时分蜕? |
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